'Carrie' Showrunner Confirms the Biggest Changes to the Book Were Stephen King's Idea

By Jake Kleinman · Polygon · Monday, 12 October 2026 at 09:00 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

When Mike Flanagan set out to adapt Stephen King 's classic 1970 novella into an eight-episode series set in 2026, the first thing he did was go to King himself.

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