dc20willsave Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 MGM Formally Offers Lead Remake Of Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ To Chloe Moretz BREAKING: After meeting and reading a group of young actresses for Carrie, MGM, Screen Gems and director Kim Peirce have made their decision and made the formal offer today to Chloe Moretz. If negotiations work out, she’ll play the title role in the remake of the Brian DePalma original that was based on the 1974 Stephen King bestseller. She’s expected to play the shy high school student Carrie White, who is raised by a nightmarish religious fanatic mother, and comes to grip with devastating telepathic powers just as she reaches puberty. She eventually uses those gifts for lethal means when fellow classmates use the prom as an excuse to humiliate her before the entire school in a parable about bullying. Sissy Spacek played the character in the first movie, with Piper Laurie playing her mother, and Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, Betty Buckley and William Katt rounding out the cast. Both Spacek and Laurie got Oscar nominations for their work in the 1976 film. The studio and Peirce have been meeting with actresses for the past two weeks. Word all along was that while names like Dakota Fanning were circulating, Peirce and the studio had an eye on Moretz. The studio denied it at the time, but what actually happened is, Moretz didn’t meet with Peirce until last weekend. She got the job immediately. Moretz, who first came on with performances in Kick-Ass, (500) Days Of Summer and Let Me In, is at the top of the crop of young actresses. Coming off Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, her next major film is the Tim Burton-directed Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp. She’s repped by WME and 3 Arts. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script and Kevin Misher’s producing. Insiders said that once they make Moretz’s deal, they will focus on landing the psycho mom and supporting cast and they will shoot this year. Source. Carrie is probably one of my favorite King adaptations. Chloe has proven herself to be a fucking awesome actress the last few years and the fact that they're casting someone who's age appropriate as opposed to someone in their late 20s (I loved you in the original Sissy but you were nearly 30 playing a high schooler.). At the very least, I hope it's better than the Bryan Fuller remake a few years ago. It wasn't bad but totally unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Julianne Moore has been offered the role of Margaret White, Carrie's mother. I'm going to be frank, I'm looking forward to this movie very much and can't wait for it to crush my hopes for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I love Chloe Moretz, but I'm not really sure if this remake is necessary. I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slothian Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Cool teaser image. I think Moretz could do an awesome job here, as she was great in both Kick Ass and the admittedly unneccessary Let Me In. I think Carrie is a story that could come out very hokey onscreen, aspects of which were true of both the original film and the more recent remake. And I think Will introduced me to footage of the musical......yeah.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badhead Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 I can remember they made a Carrie 2 back in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Carrie 2 was a remake pretending to be a sequel that barely made sense in the context of the original. The more I think on it, the more I realize that in the nearly 40 years since the original novel came out, it has been retold so many time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Also, if you call (207)404-2604, you get a cool little bit of viral marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 That was underwhelming. I'll wait for the real trailer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I won't watch the trailer, because I only watch trailers when they're in front of movies I'm seeing in the theatre, but I don't get the idea of a Carrie remake. It's not like there's a lot of material unmined form the original text. In a post-feminist world, it almost seems dated. Unless of course she's going to be a wise-cracking insecure teen who has dialogue that makes her sound like a masters student in her thirties. In which case, kill me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 The full trailer has been released, and it actively makes me not want to see the movie. It doesn't look bad, mind, it simply shows way too much; from the locker room hazing to her powers, her winning Prom Queen to the bloodbath, it's all there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 The trailer for the original was the same way. Also, I never noticed that the remake was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 It's a remake of an iconic movie so there aren't any spoilers that we don't already know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 It's a remake of an iconic movie so there aren't any spoilers that we don't already know about. I was about to say the same. It's a hard line to walk between showing new twists on the story, and showing what people to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I know it's a remake, but I agree with Mike. I hate trailers that are a synopsis for the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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