Boys may not cry but telekinetic girls get revenge.
Deadline is reporting that "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce is in talks to helm a remake of Stephen King's "Carrie."
The original 1976 film, which was directed by Brian De Palma, starred Sissy Spacek in the title role, a girl with special abilities pushed over the edge by her classmates at prom, leading to disastrous results.
News of a remake first appeared last May when it is was reported that MGM and Screen Gems had brought in screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who rewrote the "Spider-Man" musical. A comic book writer, he also wrote the graphic novel adaptation of King's "The Stand."
It is expected that, Aguirre-Sacasa's script will stay more faithful to King's book than the original film.
Despite King's connection to the screenwriter, however, the author did not appear pleased at the news of a remake, telling Entertainment Weekly in May, “The real question is why, when the original was so good? I mean, not 'Casablanca,' or anything, but a really good horror-suspense film, much better than the book. Piper Laurie really got her teeth into the bad-mom thing."
King added that he could "get behind it" if David Lynch ("Mullholland Dr.," "Twin Peaks," "Dune") or David Cronenberg ("The Dead Zone," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") was involved.
With today's news, however, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Deadline is reporting that "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce is in talks to helm a remake of Stephen King's "Carrie."
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| The original film hit theaters in 1976. |
News of a remake first appeared last May when it is was reported that MGM and Screen Gems had brought in screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who rewrote the "Spider-Man" musical. A comic book writer, he also wrote the graphic novel adaptation of King's "The Stand."
It is expected that, Aguirre-Sacasa's script will stay more faithful to King's book than the original film.
Despite King's connection to the screenwriter, however, the author did not appear pleased at the news of a remake, telling Entertainment Weekly in May, “The real question is why, when the original was so good? I mean, not 'Casablanca,' or anything, but a really good horror-suspense film, much better than the book. Piper Laurie really got her teeth into the bad-mom thing."
King added that he could "get behind it" if David Lynch ("Mullholland Dr.," "Twin Peaks," "Dune") or David Cronenberg ("The Dead Zone," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") was involved.
With today's news, however, that doesn't appear to be the case.
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