There have to date been three adaptations of Stephen King’s Carrie, with Sissy Spacek, Angela Bettis and Chloë Grace Moretz playing the title character, and Collider reports today that yet another adaptation is now in the works. FX and MGM are developing a limited series that will adapt King’s novel about the telekinetic teenager, the site is reporting this afternoon.
Collider’s Jeff Sneider notes, “Though it’s still very early in the development process and there’s no script yet, sources say that this time around, telekinetic teen Carrie White will likely be played by either a trans performer or an actress of color rather than a cis white woman.”
King’s story centers on Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother. She ultimately unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Spacek played Carrie White in Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of the novel, and the role was later played by Bettis for the 2002 TV movie and Grace Moretz for the 2013 film.
