Slated for a March, 2013 release is an updated (that is, set in the present day) version of the 1976 classic Carrie, which was adapted from Stephen King’s first novel.
Chloë Grace Moretz (Dark Shadows, Kick Ass) reprises Sissy Spacek’s Oscar-nominated role as the tortured teen who makes prom so memorable. Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) will direct.
Film adaptations of King’s work have always been hit-or-miss (see: Maximum Overdrive. Or rather, don’t). Carrie, however, remains a classic. One frets over just how bad a remake might be.
On the other hand, a modern retelling is an intriguing proposition. How much worse will Carrie’s peer-generated torment be in the age of Facebook and cyber-bullying? How does Carrie’s horrible mom (Julieanne Moore) manage to keep a millenial child sheltered, ignorant and repressed? Thirty-six years on, and the passage of time between the original Carrie and the remake is a potential fascinating subplot in of itself.
I guess we’ll see next year. As a die-hard Stephen King fan I am hoping for the best and prepared for the worst. With the adaption of his Dark Tower series perennially delayed, this is the one upon which we pin all our hopes, at least through 2013. But since King’s productivity shows no sign of slowing, neither probably will the adaptations thereof. So more, as they say, is undoubtedly to come.
