Director Kimberly Peirce talks Carrie Remake

The remake of Carrie is moving forward with Chloe Moretz playing Carrie White, with an official release date of March 15, 2013. Director Kimberly Peirce recently took to Facebook to talk about her take on the material and Chloe's preparation for the role:

"I am also modernizing the story as one has to in order to bring any great piece of work written in one era into the next and especially given how very relevant this material is right now. 

Chloe is going deep into character to get this right....sewing her own dresses, spending time in her closet....and so much more....Thanks for all the great wishes. We are on it! And privileged to be working with such great source material."

Peirce will begin shooting Carrie in the coming months from a script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The story is said to more closely follow Stephen King's book than De Palma's film adaptation. For those keeping count, Stephen King originally released Carrie in 1974, the Brian De Palma version followed in 1976 , there was also a sequel in 1999, and a TV remake in 2002.