Mike Flanagan’s Carrie adaptation has rounded out its cast, with confirmation coming today that Summer Howell (Curse of Chucky, Hunter Hunter) will be leading the 8-episode Amazon series in the titular role, with new cast additions including Amber Midthunder (Prey) and Samantha Sloyan (The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass) as Carrie’s mother Margaret. 

Matthew Lillard has also closed in on his role as Principle Gayle, with Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The QB and Me) previously confirmed as bully-turned-ally Sue Snell

Per Deadline, Carrie has also added Alison Thornton (Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce) as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah (AppleTV+’s The Buccaneers) as Tina, and Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Joel Oulette (Sullivan’s Crossing) as Tommy.

Flanagan’s Carrie, an adaptation of the 1974 Stephen King novel of the same name, is described as:

“…a bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”

Anyone who’s seen Sloyan’s turn as religious leader Bev Keane in Flanagan’s 2021 series Midnight Mass will know she’s pretty perfectly cast as Margaret White, first played by Piper Laurie in Brian de Palma’s 1976 adaptation.

Look out for more on Carrie as we get it.