Carrie: Release Date, Cast and Everything We Know

Mike Flanagan approached Stephen King with an idea for Carrie. For Flanagan, approaching this project wasn’t about a remake or a reboot. He wanted to bring Carrie into the modern era with a fresh new vision of the iconic character.

“Knowing King’s versions of the central character had already been played so iconically to an unavoidable conclusion – if I did this, it would only be exciting if we changed those characters on a fundamental level,” Flanagan said in a press release. “Instead of a traumatized, timid Carrie White – as portrayed by the irreplicable Sissy Spacek – I started to picture her opposite: a Carrie who was open, eager, earnest and curious. What would our modern look like through earnest, innocent eyes? What would she think about the world we’ve made?”

Here’s everything we know about Carrie.

Carrie release date

All eight episodes of Carrie will premiere Wednesday, October 7, on Prime Video.

What is Carrie about?

Here’s the synopsis from Prime Video:

“Based on Stephen King’s iconic debut novel, Carrie is a bold, timely, and surprising reinvention of the classic coming‑of‑age story, adapted as a television series for the first time by visionary showrunner Mike Flanagan. The series follows misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

“Told across eight propulsive episodes, the series expands King’s cultural landmark, deepening its characters and tensions while following the small, everyday choices that build toward a single, shattering night in a gripping, deeply human story about kindness versus cruelty—and whether we’re witnessing the making of a hero, a monster, or something far more complicated.”

Who is in it?

Carrie features Summer H. Howell (Curse of Chucky) as Carrie and Samantha Sloyan (The Fall of the House of Usher) as Carrie’s mom, Margaret White, Alison Thornton (Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce) as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The QB and Me) as Sue Snell, Amber Midthunder (FX’s Legion) as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah (AppleTV+’s The Buccaneers) as Tina, and Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Joel Oulette (Sullivan’s Crossing) as Tommy.

Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy’s) also stars as Principal Grayle.