Mike Flanagan's 'Carrie' series has been renewed for a second season

Prom might be over, but Carrie isn’t.

Prime Video just announced that it’s officially renewed Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV series, which debuted on October 7, for a second installment. 

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The horror series is a modern retelling of Stephen King’s first novel, which has had multiple film adaptations, including the 1976 classic starring Sissy Spacek as the titular youth.

Starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie, the Amazon show’s cast includes Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen and Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, and includes other horror royalty like Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy's) and Kate Siegel (Hush, The Haunting of Hill House). 

Told over eight episodes, the series goes deeper into King’s story and updates it in many ways. In this adaptation, Carrie has never left her home and it’s her father’s sudden death that thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school. The bullying is now largely done on social media, which her mother Margaret ends up using for her own revenge and empowerment. 

The show has been largely divisive because of these changes and more (which we won't spoil). Some have wondered why we even needed a new Carrie, but according to Amazon, it’s been successful—hence the renewal.

"Carrie is connecting with both longtime Stephen King fans and a new generation altogether—including young adults and international audiences, with particular strength among female viewers," says Peter Friedlander, head of global television, Amazon MGM Studios. "It speaks to the enduring power of this story and signals that Mike Flanagan's reimagining of the iconic IP has real breadth. We're excited by where he and Stephen plan to take the story."

Flanagan, who is lauded for his horror filmography—The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Midnight Club, The Life of Chuck—said that he imagined a story that goes beyond the prom from the beginning.

And if you’ve seen the ending of the show, you know why and how that makes sense.

King, who is an executive producer of the show, says he can’t wait for audiences to see “what’s down the road for Carrie White.” 

“Mike Flanagan and I are excited about what comes next,” he said in a statement. “It’s bound to be thrilling.”