Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Carrie Has Found Its Lead Star, and a Rising Scream Queen Has Landed the Role

The upcoming TV adaption of Stephen King’s high school horror classic Carrie...has named its ‘prom queen’...and Seacrest has the story...

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Mike Flanigan's upcoming TV
series retelling of Stephen King's iconic novel Carry about a
bullied telekinetic teenager, has found their lead star their big
shoes to fill as the nineteen seventy six film starred
Sissy Spacing, and it was one of the most beloved
horror movies of all time, largely thanks to Sissy's performance.

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That might be one of the reasons Mike cast a
rising Scream queen in the role with plenty of horror
experience on her resume. Summer how who's best known for
Curse of Chucky and the highly regarded season of Channel Zero.
No end House, would lead the cast, and another actor
with a firm roots in horror has also joined the company.
Matthew Lillard from the original Scream and Five Nights at

(00:45):
Freddy's will play the principal at the high school where
Carrie ruins prom Looke for Carry On Prime Video that's
direct from Hollywood,