First Look at Mike Flanagan’s “CARRIE” series starring Summer H. Howell, Matthew Lillard and Samantha Sloyan. Described as a modern take on the Stephen King novel.
I wish just one adaptation would allow Carrie to be plus sized or chubby as she is in the actual novel
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Watching for Matthew Lillard probably, but Iām so tired of the remakes.
Soft_Interaction_437 on
Iām kinda excited, Mike Flanagan tends to have really good takes on Kingās stories.
SaltandLillacs on
Carrie but they have phones now.
BadWriter85 on
Just looking at these images, this seems really sanitised compared to the novel. If you told me these were stills from ginny and Georgia, Iād believe you.
coppywolf on
In Mike Flanagan we Trust šš
orbjo on
They continue to make her look like Sissy Spacek and nothing like Carrie the book character.
webtheg on
Samantha Sloyan is an actress with an extensive career but all my brain can think of when I see her is
“PERFECT PENNY KILLED MY HUSBAND!!!!”
crackerfactorywheel on
These pictures feel way too sterile for a Carrie adaptation. Also Iām bummed that a Carrie adaptation yet again decided not to cast a plus size lead as Carrie. Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White will probably be good but Iām just not excited about this show.
ILoveLipGloss on
honestly, you got Flanagan doing King material + Lillard + Sloyan?
P0ptarthater on
Idc if itās annoying to say, I wish newer carrie adaptations actually committed to making her an outcast instead of a traditionally cute girl whoās just a tiny bit awkward and gets bullied because the plot demands it
sausagekng on
Carrie isnāt chubby and the show looks too clean. Needs more grit.
AstroBtz on
Shoulda been Milly Shapiro šāāļø ( hope summer absolutely kills it though, haven’t seen her before in anything. )
TigerMill on
SunshineGirl45 on
The casting for the mother is great.
Forsaken-Molasses-87 on
penny is in this movie
butamiallowedtoswear on
CARRIE IS FAT
Igotdaruns on
I wish they would stop remaking Carrie.
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I donāt think you can really do a modern version of Carrie. Bullying in schools very covert and online now. A school spreading a video of a girl in the locker room shower (even if she is wearing clothes) would cause a public outcry. Even if she is an outcast no one cares about the principal and parents certainly care about the school/their childrenās reputations.
LadyKT on
the social media bullying will be the only new element. love matthew though
coneyisland92 on
Again, Carrie should not be smaller š the whole point of the pigās blood is that Carrie is labelled a pig cause of her size
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OK, I love the book, love the OG movie and love the cast, so I’m going to watch and withhold judgement til then. edit: and I have faith in Mike Flanagan
I do wish they’d remake other things, namely great concepts that bombed because they were poorly executed. Rather than just rehashing stuff that worked perfectly well the first time round. I know that is a more surefire way to make money, but it still sucks.
CheapEater101 on
I wish a movie would have an overweight Carrie like in the book. Thatās one of the reasons they even used pigās bloodā¦
Hollywood really hates any form of fatness. The main character from Holes is also big in bookā¦but we canāt have protagonists being fat.
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So tired of all the remakes, but i will say when I saw Samantha Sloyan in MM i immediately thought of Carrie’s mom. So that’s some pretty good casting at least.
recklessrecentpast on
Samantha Sloyan is such perfect casting for the mom. Not only was she great in the other Mike Flanagan shows she’s been in, but don’t forget about her arc on the first season of The Pitt as the mother of the boy who overdosed >!and ended up brain dead and they had to convince her to donate his organs, her scream/wail of pure grief when they confirmed he was never going to wake up again… holy shit!<
WritingNerdy on
Iāll watch it just for Matthew Lillard. Love that dude. But also Mike Flanagan! šš»
chesterT3 on
Sheās too conventionally attractive to be Carrie. Carrie isnāt supposed to look like she could change her wardrobe and seamlessly look like the hottest girl in school. Sissy was perfect casting not just because of her talent because she looked different than the other girls.
SimoneSpooner on
They never make Carrie look like she does in the book.
this visually looks so blandā¦ whereās the color? the contrast? the shadows?
strong_heart27 on
How many carries are we going to getā¦.
CommanderLexaa on
I love Stephen King and Iām a Flanastan. Heās never had a miss for me (minus Midnight Club but even that wasnāt terrible). I think this is gonna be an interesting new take on Carrie and Iām stoked!
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Love Carrie. Love Mike Flanagan. Love Matthew Lillard. So disappointed that all of these things are converging. I wish Mike Flanagan wouldāve put his time and effort into something that wasnāt ANOTHER adaption that was already re-adapted within the last 15 years. Itās too much, nobody fucking asked for all these adaptations. Itās just recycled IP over and over and over and over again and we are so bored.
Shagrippina on
Getting my period in white pants would also be enough to turn me evil, tbf.
gribble29 on
Samantha Sloyan is perfect casting as the mom.
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Modernizing the story is great imo, and I think since the 70s we’ve developed a better understanding of bullying. You don’t have to be fat or ugly, you just need a noticeable enough difference and enough visible insecurity about it.
In the book she even doubts if she’s really that fat, and she has no breakout on prom night even after one of her bullies tries to find some. Also looking at characters from the time that were called “fat”, I’ve always wondered if she was only a bit overweight and had normal teenage amounts of acne, but came to believe it was so much worse after over a decade of being told otherwise. By physical descriptions in the book, I would actually expect Margaret to be much larger.
The De Palma film is phenomenal, but drinks the story down. The 2002 NBC version is more accurate and includes the full destruction, but feels like a TV Movie in every way. The 2013 remake could have been something great, but unfortunately the studio interfered and we got a ) PG-13 movie with a few f bombs. There’s been one amazing film, and it’s the least accurate. I’m excited to see how Flanagan overcomes the above issues, especially after he balanced Dr Sleep so well as a sequel to both the book and movie.
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Why
QueerTchotchke on
sheās literally so pretty lmao sissy spacek was an awkward kind of prettyāand even before the prom her hair was ratty and greasy and her clothes were grey and drab
ashmillie on
Matthew Lillard supremacy š
Valentine70078 on
What is everyoneās obsession with Carrie, Weve had non stop adaptations and theyāre all exactly the same. Why is everyone obsessed with watching a girl be abused
LemonCaperRVA on
Mike Flannigan is going to crush this
am2187 on
There are soooo many complaints here from people who have clearly never seen a Mike Flanagan project š
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I wish just one adaptation would allow Carrie to be plus sized or chubby as she is in the actual novel
Watching for Matthew Lillard probably, but Iām so tired of the remakes.
Iām kinda excited, Mike Flanagan tends to have really good takes on Kingās stories.
Carrie but they have phones now.
Just looking at these images, this seems really sanitised compared to the novel. If you told me these were stills from ginny and Georgia, Iād believe you.
In Mike Flanagan we Trust šš
They continue to make her look like Sissy Spacek and nothing like Carrie the book character.
Samantha Sloyan is an actress with an extensive career but all my brain can think of when I see her is
“PERFECT PENNY KILLED MY HUSBAND!!!!”
These pictures feel way too sterile for a Carrie adaptation. Also Iām bummed that a Carrie adaptation yet again decided not to cast a plus size lead as Carrie. Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White will probably be good but Iām just not excited about this show.
honestly, you got Flanagan doing King material + Lillard + Sloyan?
Idc if itās annoying to say, I wish newer carrie adaptations actually committed to making her an outcast instead of a traditionally cute girl whoās just a tiny bit awkward and gets bullied because the plot demands it
Carrie isnāt chubby and the show looks too clean. Needs more grit.
Shoulda been Milly Shapiro šāāļø ( hope summer absolutely kills it though, haven’t seen her before in anything. )
The casting for the mother is great.
penny is in this movie
CARRIE IS FAT
I wish they would stop remaking Carrie.
I donāt think you can really do a modern version of Carrie. Bullying in schools very covert and online now. A school spreading a video of a girl in the locker room shower (even if she is wearing clothes) would cause a public outcry. Even if she is an outcast no one cares about the principal and parents certainly care about the school/their childrenās reputations.
the social media bullying will be the only new element. love matthew though
Again, Carrie should not be smaller š the whole point of the pigās blood is that Carrie is labelled a pig cause of her size
OK, I love the book, love the OG movie and love the cast, so I’m going to watch and withhold judgement til then. edit: and I have faith in Mike Flanagan
I do wish they’d remake other things, namely great concepts that bombed because they were poorly executed. Rather than just rehashing stuff that worked perfectly well the first time round. I know that is a more surefire way to make money, but it still sucks.
I wish a movie would have an overweight Carrie like in the book. Thatās one of the reasons they even used pigās bloodā¦
Hollywood really hates any form of fatness. The main character from Holes is also big in bookā¦but we canāt have protagonists being fat.
So tired of all the remakes, but i will say when I saw Samantha Sloyan in MM i immediately thought of Carrie’s mom. So that’s some pretty good casting at least.
Samantha Sloyan is such perfect casting for the mom. Not only was she great in the other Mike Flanagan shows she’s been in, but don’t forget about her arc on the first season of The Pitt as the mother of the boy who overdosed >!and ended up brain dead and they had to convince her to donate his organs, her scream/wail of pure grief when they confirmed he was never going to wake up again… holy shit!<
Iāll watch it just for Matthew Lillard. Love that dude. But also Mike Flanagan! šš»
Sheās too conventionally attractive to be Carrie. Carrie isnāt supposed to look like she could change her wardrobe and seamlessly look like the hottest girl in school. Sissy was perfect casting not just because of her talent because she looked different than the other girls.
They never make Carrie look like she does in the book.
https://preview.redd.it/mvak4dw2p0dh1.jpeg?width=2798&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c90ec3661c18bf4884a51f26bda869cfbfd863fd
Page five of the book btw
this visually looks so blandā¦ whereās the color? the contrast? the shadows?
How many carries are we going to getā¦.
I love Stephen King and Iām a Flanastan. Heās never had a miss for me (minus Midnight Club but even that wasnāt terrible). I think this is gonna be an interesting new take on Carrie and Iām stoked!
Love Carrie. Love Mike Flanagan. Love Matthew Lillard. So disappointed that all of these things are converging. I wish Mike Flanagan wouldāve put his time and effort into something that wasnāt ANOTHER adaption that was already re-adapted within the last 15 years. Itās too much, nobody fucking asked for all these adaptations. Itās just recycled IP over and over and over and over again and we are so bored.
Getting my period in white pants would also be enough to turn me evil, tbf.
Samantha Sloyan is perfect casting as the mom.
Modernizing the story is great imo, and I think since the 70s we’ve developed a better understanding of bullying. You don’t have to be fat or ugly, you just need a noticeable enough difference and enough visible insecurity about it.
In the book she even doubts if she’s really that fat, and she has no breakout on prom night even after one of her bullies tries to find some. Also looking at characters from the time that were called “fat”, I’ve always wondered if she was only a bit overweight and had normal teenage amounts of acne, but came to believe it was so much worse after over a decade of being told otherwise. By physical descriptions in the book, I would actually expect Margaret to be much larger.
The De Palma film is phenomenal, but drinks the story down. The 2002 NBC version is more accurate and includes the full destruction, but feels like a TV Movie in every way. The 2013 remake could have been something great, but unfortunately the studio interfered and we got a ) PG-13 movie with a few f bombs. There’s been one amazing film, and it’s the least accurate. I’m excited to see how Flanagan overcomes the above issues, especially after he balanced Dr Sleep so well as a sequel to both the book and movie.
Why
sheās literally so pretty lmao sissy spacek was an awkward kind of prettyāand even before the prom her hair was ratty and greasy and her clothes were grey and drab
Matthew Lillard supremacy š
What is everyoneās obsession with Carrie, Weve had non stop adaptations and theyāre all exactly the same. Why is everyone obsessed with watching a girl be abused
Mike Flannigan is going to crush this
There are soooo many complaints here from people who have clearly never seen a Mike Flanagan project š