According to Deadline Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the playwright and comic book writer who was brought on to rewrite and hopefully save Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has booked several projects to follow, including writing a remake of Carrie for MGM and Screen Gems. The shocking Stephen King thriller told the story of a hyperkinetic teenager who gets pushed too far at the prom and wreaks havoc on her fellow high school students. King's bestselling book was turned into the 1976 film that starred Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Amy Irving and Piper Laurie as the repressive mother.



Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa stated that he will write a version that is more faithful to the King book than the earlier movie, much the same as Joel and Ethan Coen went back to the Charles Portis novel True Grit to present a version that didn't really feel like a remake.

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I liked the movie better than the book! Usually it's a good sign when they plan to stick close to the book (John Carpenter's The Thing was a great example) but in this case... I dunno....

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Want some bad news made worse?

Just heard some news that Megan Fox has asked her agent to actively seek the role of 'Carrie'.

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