We have another breaking Stephen King news story to report on today. In March 2011, it was reported that MGM/Screen Gems was looking to develop a big screen remake of Carrie. We haven't heard anything in a while, but it appears that the project is still moving forward and MGM/Screen Gems has a director in mind.
Deadline reports that Kimberly Peirce is in talks to direct the film from a script written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Peirce is known for directing Boys Don't Cry and Stop-Loss, along with an episode of The L-Word. The script is said to differ from the Brian De-Palma version and will be more faithful to Stephen King's novel. We'll report back as soon as this becomes official.
Stephen King originally released Carrie in 1974. The Brian De Palma version followed in 1976 and there was also a sequel in 1999 and a TV remake in 2002."The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom."
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