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Prime Video Renews Mike Flanagan's «Carrie» for Season 2
Prime Video has renewed Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's «Carrie» for a second season, two weeks after the eight-episode first season debuted to strong reviews. The pickup keeps the series on track for the three-season arc Flanagan envisioned.
Prime Video has renewed «Carrie,» Mike Flanagan's series adaptation of Stephen King's horror classic, for a second season. The pickup arrives two weeks after the eight-episode first season was released on Oct. 7 to strong reviews, and it keeps the show on the three-season arc Flanagan had mapped out from the start.
The renewal places Flanagan two-thirds of the way through that planned run. The first season drew praise from critics, and the early second-season order signals confidence in the series as a long-term property for the streaming service rather than a one-off limited event.
«Carrie» adapts King's 1974 novel of the same name, the story of a misfit high-schooler with telekinetic powers. Summer H. Howell plays the title role of Carrie White, a teenager who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home under the control of her deeply religious mother. The official series description frames the show around that cloistered existence and the pressures that eventually break it open.
The second season will move beyond the events of the book, extending the narrative into territory King's novel never covered. That decision fits the broader three-season plan Flanagan has described, in which the first installment adapts the source material and later seasons build on its aftermath.
For Prime Video, the renewal adds another title to a roster of genre-driven series built around established intellectual property. For Flanagan, it extends a run of adaptations of classic horror and literary material, and it gives his «Carrie» interpretation room to develop beyond the novel's conclusion.
The timing of the announcement is notable: two weeks is a fast turnaround for a renewal decision, and the strong critical reception to the first season appears to have factored into the early pickup. The series now heads into its second season with its creative roadmap already in place.
Details on the second season's production schedule, returning cast, and release window have not been announced. What is clear is that the show will continue past the point where King's novel ends, carrying the story of Carrie White into new material under Flanagan's direction.
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