Matthew Lillard in Talks to Join Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ TV Series

Matthew Lillard is back in the horror genre in a big way, first starring in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie and now returning to the Scream franchise next year. Lillard is also re-entering the world of Stephen King, with Deadline reporting today that he’s in talks to star in the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of King’s Carrie from creator Mike Flanagan!

Matthew Lillard will next be seen in NEON’s The Life of Chuck, also directed by Mike Flanagan and also based on a Stephen King story. That movie, however, is not a horror movie.

Prime Video recently confirmed a series green light for “Carrie,” an eight-episode adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic 1974 horror novel produced by Amazon MGM Studios.

Mike Flanagan serves as writer and showrunner in addition to directing select episodes.

Summer H. Howell (Curse of Chucky) has landed the leading role of Carrie White for the Flanagan series, while Siena Agudong (“Resident Evil”) has been cast as Sue Snell.

In Stephen King’s Carrie, “Misfit high schooler Carrie White has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”

Described as “a bold and timely reimagining” of the story, the upcoming Prime Video show is executive produced by Flanagan and longtime producing partner Trevor Macy.

Carrie was previously adapted by Brian De Palma in 1976, David Carson in 2002, and Kimberly Peirce in 2013. Katt Shea also directed a Carrie sequel movie back in 1999.

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