Stephen King has such a treasure trove of stories that you’re never surprised to see a new adaptation pop up from time to time. Over the past year alone, audiences have seen everything from The Long Walk to The Life of Chuck, with plenty more still to come. That leads us to the news that one of his darkest and most terrifying stories is officially getting a new imagining and the good news is that we don’t have very long to wait for it.
Prime Video’s new television adaptation ofKing’sCarrie is now just two months away, with the supernatural thriller expected to premiere this October. The series comes from acclaimed filmmaker Mike Flanagan, who serves as writer, creator and executive producer. Flanagan is no stranger to King’s work, having previously directed both Doctor Sleep and The Life of Chuck. Carrie, being King’s first published novel, was also the first to get a feature film adaptation, which legendary critic Roger Ebert described as “Spellbinding.” Flanagan’s project is adapting King’s original novel from 1974 across multiple episodes which should give it a ton of room to breathe and, of course, horrify us even more over a longer period of time. Great!
The series stars Summer H. Howell (Cult of Chucky) as Carrie White, the telekinetic teenager pushed to breaking point. She is joined by Samantha Sloyan (Midnight Mass) as Carrie’s fanatically controlling mother, Margaret White, while Amber Midthunder (Prey) plays teacher Miss Desjardin and Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s) stars as Principal Grayle. The supporting players also include Alison Thornton (School Spirits), Josie Totah (The Buccaneers), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon), Joel Oulette (Trickster), Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), and Thalia Dudek (The Baby-Sitters Club).
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘Carrie’ About?
Based on King’s groundbreaking debut novel, Carrie follows the bullied and isolated Carrie White, whose torturous life living at home with her evil mother combined with the relentless bullying she suffers from her peers at school eventually unlock a terrifying telekinetic power within her. That rage eventually builds up to a point where she can no longer contain it.
Carrie was King’s big break and it’s been adapted numerous times already, most notably in 1976 when Brian De Palma cast Sissy Spacek in the leading role. The movie is widely considered one of horror’s greatest ever films, so the task ahead of Flanagan is a big one, but we have faith in him.
Prime Video’s adaptation of Carrie will officially premiere on October 7. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
