A New 'Carrie' Puts Summer H. Howell in the Telekinetic Prom Queen's Shoes

Deadline's cast guide for Prime Video's Carrie places Summer H. Howell in the title role — the telekinetic prom queen, a part the guide credits Sissy Spacek with originating. The series comes from Mike Flanagan and adapts Stephen King's debut horror novel, with all episodes premiering Oct. 7. Deadline frames the project as Carrie White taking another form after 50 years, which is one way of saying the story has now outlived several of the actors who made it famous. A retelling of something this familiar is rarely about what happens; it is about what the new version decides to look at, and how long it is willing to wait before the blood drops.