{"id":16297,"date":"2026-07-25T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16297"},"modified":"2026-07-25T01:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:56:37","slug":"carrie-season-2-return-potential-addressed-by-mike-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16297","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Season 2 Return Potential Addressed By Mike Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Could <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/db\/tv-show\/carrie\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Carrie<\/em><\/strong><\/a> last for more than one season?<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Series creator Mike Flanagan has addressed the show&#8217;s potential for season 2, unpacking the possibility of even more episodes in the horror series. Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/stephen-king-carrie-read-first-time-learn-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen King&#8217;s book<\/a> of the same name, the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/carrie-tv-show-stephen-king-mike-flanagan-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming <em>Carrie <\/em>TV show<\/a> promises to be a faithful yet entirely new adaptation of the horror author&#8217;s debut novel. It will follow Carrie White becoming embroiled in a bullying incident after the death of her father, all while dealing with her sudden acquisition of telekinetic powers. The show debuts on Prime Video in October 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-vignette\">\n<div class=\"sk-quiz\">\n<p>  <canvas class=\"sk-particles\" id=\"sk-particles\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- STEP RADIOS --><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s0\" name=\"sk-step\" checked=\"checked\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s1\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s2\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s3\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s4\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s5\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s6\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s7\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-s8\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-sR\" name=\"sk-step\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- QUESTION RADIOS --><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q1a\" name=\"sk-q1\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q1b\" name=\"sk-q1\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q1c\" name=\"sk-q1\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q1d\" name=\"sk-q1\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q2a\" name=\"sk-q2\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q2b\" name=\"sk-q2\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q2c\" name=\"sk-q2\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q2d\" name=\"sk-q2\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q3a\" name=\"sk-q3\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q3b\" name=\"sk-q3\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q3c\" name=\"sk-q3\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q3d\" name=\"sk-q3\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q4a\" name=\"sk-q4\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q4b\" name=\"sk-q4\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q4c\" name=\"sk-q4\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q4d\" name=\"sk-q4\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q5a\" name=\"sk-q5\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q5b\" name=\"sk-q5\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q5c\" name=\"sk-q5\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q5d\" name=\"sk-q5\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q6a\" name=\"sk-q6\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q6b\" name=\"sk-q6\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q6c\" name=\"sk-q6\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q6d\" name=\"sk-q6\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q7a\" name=\"sk-q7\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q7b\" name=\"sk-q7\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q7c\" name=\"sk-q7\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q7d\" name=\"sk-q7\"\/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q8a\" name=\"sk-q8\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q8b\" name=\"sk-q8\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q8c\" name=\"sk-q8\"\/><input type=\"radio\" id=\"sk-q8d\" name=\"sk-q8\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- SCORE TRACKER --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-slides\">\n<p>    <!-- INTRO --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl0\">\n<div class=\"sk-intro-box\">\n        <span class=\"sk-ep-label\">Draft 1 \u00b7 Bangor, Maine<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sk-main-title\">How Well Do You Know Stephen King?<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sk-crawl-sub\">\u201cThey all float down here.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sk-theme-previews\">\n<p><span class=\"sk-theme-icon\">\ud83c\udf88<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-name\" style=\"color:#ef4444\">IT<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-words\">You&#8217;ll float too<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sk-theme-icon\">\ud83e\ude93<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-name\" style=\"color:#e5e5e7\">Shining<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-words\">All work and no play<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sk-theme-icon\">\ud83d\udd28<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-name\" style=\"color:#f59e0b\">Misery<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-words\">I&#8217;m your number one fan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sk-theme-icon\">\ud83c\udff0<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-name\" style=\"color:#8b5cf6\">Dark Tower<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-words\">The gunslinger followed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sk-theme-icon\">\u26d3<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-name\" style=\"color:#4ade80\">Shawshank<\/span><span class=\"sk-theme-words\">Get busy living<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-primary\" for=\"sk-s1\">OPEN THE BOOK \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q1: First novel --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl1\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>01<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">King was a high school English teacher in Hampden, Maine, living in a trailer with no phone, when Doubleday paid him a $2,500 advance for his first hardcover novel in 1973. He&#8217;d thrown the opening pages in the trash; his wife Tabitha fished them out and told him to keep going. What was the book?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-1a\" for=\"sk-q1a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>The Shining<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-1b\" for=\"sk-q1b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>&#8216;Salem&#8217;s Lot<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-1c\" for=\"sk-q1c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Carrie<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-1d\" for=\"sk-q1d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>The Stand<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Carrie. Doubleday paid a $2,500 hardcover advance in 1973, and the paperback rights sold to Signet for $400,000 \u2014 King&#8217;s half ($200,000) let him quit teaching. He always credits Tabitha with saving the manuscript from the trash. Brian De Palma&#8217;s 1976 film adaptation with Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie earned two Oscar nominations and cemented King as a screen-adaptation goldmine from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong page. The answer is Carrie, published April 5, 1974. &#8216;Salem&#8217;s Lot came next in 1975, The Shining in 1977, The Stand in 1978. Tabitha King rescued the Carrie opening from the trash, insisted he finish it, and the $400,000 Signet paperback deal that followed \u2014 split 50\/50 with Doubleday \u2014 is what finally let him leave teaching.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s2\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q2: Pen name --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl2\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>02<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">In the late 1970s, publishers believed no author could release more than one book a year without saturating the market. So King invented a pseudonym and published five novels under it \u2014 including The Long Walk, The Running Man, and Thinner \u2014 before a Washington bookstore clerk outed him in 1985. What was the pen name?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-2a\" for=\"sk-q2a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>John Swithen<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-2b\" for=\"sk-q2b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Richard Bachman<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-2c\" for=\"sk-q2c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Gordon Lachance<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-2d\" for=\"sk-q2d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Peter Straub<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Richard Bachman. King took the first name from Richard Stark (Donald Westlake&#8217;s pseudonym) and the last from Bachman-Turner Overdrive playing on the car stereo. Steve Brown, a Washington D.C. bookstore clerk, cross-checked copyright filings at the Library of Congress and phoned King. Rather than deny it, King wrote a mock obituary declaring Bachman had died of \u201ccancer of the pseudonym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong byline. The answer is Richard Bachman \u2014 a pseudonym King used for Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man and Thinner between 1977 and 1985. Peter Straub is a real author and King&#8217;s co-writer on The Talisman and Black House. John Swithen was a one-off alias for a 1972 short story. Gordon Lachance is the narrator character in The Body (filmed as Stand By Me).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s3\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q3: The Shining hotel --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl3\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>03<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">King wrote The Shining (1977) after a one-night stay at the then-closing Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, in the fall of 1974. He and Tabitha were the only guests, and a dream about his son being chased down a corridor gave him the entire novel. The fictional haunted hotel is called&#8230;<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-3a\" for=\"sk-q3a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>The Overlook<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-3b\" for=\"sk-q3b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>The Bates<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-3c\" for=\"sk-q3c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>The Dolphin<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-3d\" for=\"sk-q3d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>The Stanley<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! The Overlook Hotel. The Kings checked into room 217 on the last night of the Stanley&#8217;s 1974 season; Tabitha fell asleep and Stephen dreamed about his three-year-old son Joe being pursued by a fire hose. He woke up with most of the novel in his head. The Stanley has been milking the connection ever since \u2014 and in 1997 King adapted his own novel for a TV miniseries filmed there, as a partial corrective to Kubrick&#8217;s film.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong floor. The answer is The Overlook. The real-world Stanley Hotel in Estes Park inspired it \u2014 King stayed in room 217 on the last night of the 1974 season and had the fire-hose nightmare that became the book. The Dolphin is a later King hotel (1408). The Bates Motel is Psycho. The Stanley itself is the real place, not the fictional one, though it&#8217;s leaned into the association ever since.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s4\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q4: Pennywise town --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl4\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>04<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">In IT (1986), the shape-shifting entity the Losers&#8217; Club calls Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges from the sewers every 27 years to feed on children. The novel \u2014 and Andy Muschietti&#8217;s 2017\/2019 films \u2014 are set in a fictional Maine town that also shows up in Insomnia, Dreamcatcher, and 11\/22\/63. Name it.<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-4a\" for=\"sk-q4a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>Castle Rock<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-4b\" for=\"sk-q4b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Jerusalem&#8217;s Lot<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-4c\" for=\"sk-q4c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Derry<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-4d\" for=\"sk-q4d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Chester&#8217;s Mill<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Derry. Loosely modeled on Bangor, Maine, where King lives. Derry recurs across IT, Insomnia, Dreamcatcher, 11\/22\/63 and parts of the Dark Tower series. Castle Rock is King&#8217;s other signature Maine town (The Dead Zone, Cujo, Needful Things). Jerusalem&#8217;s Lot is from &#8216;Salem&#8217;s Lot. Chester&#8217;s Mill is the setting of Under the Dome.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong sewer. The answer is Derry \u2014 King&#8217;s Bangor-coded fictional town, the setting of IT (1986), Insomnia (1994), Dreamcatcher (2001) and 11\/22\/63 (2011). Castle Rock is a different King town (Cujo, The Dead Zone, Needful Things) and Jerusalem&#8217;s Lot is where the vampires show up. But Pennywise&#8217;s home is always Derry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s5\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q5: Misery actress --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl5\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>05<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">The 1990 film of Misery, adapted by William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner, won its lead actress the Best Actress Oscar for playing obsessed \u201cnumber one fan\u201d Annie Wilkes \u2014 still the only acting Oscar ever won for a Stephen King adaptation. Who was it?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-5a\" for=\"sk-q5a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>Kathy Bates<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-5b\" for=\"sk-q5b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Sissy Spacek<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-5c\" for=\"sk-q5c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Jessica Lange<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-5d\" for=\"sk-q5d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Piper Laurie<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Kathy Bates \u2014 winning Best Actress at the March 1991 Oscars for Misery. Bates later came back for King adaptations Dolores Claiborne (1995) and The Stand (1994 miniseries). It remains the only Academy Award for acting in any screen adaptation of a Stephen King book; Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie both got nominations for Carrie, but neither won.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong fan. The answer is Kathy Bates, who won Best Actress at the 1991 Academy Awards for Misery. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were both nominated for Carrie in 1977 but lost. Jessica Lange has been nominated and won for other films, but not for any King adaptation. Bates&#8217;s hobbling scene with the sledgehammer is still routinely voted one of the most terrifying moments in horror cinema.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s6\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q6: Shawshank novella --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl6\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>06<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">The Shawshank Redemption (1994) \u2014 regularly voted the greatest film of all time on IMDb \u2014 is adapted from a King novella called \u201cRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.\u201d The same 1982 collection also contains the novellas that became Stand By Me and Apt Pupil. What is the collection called?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-6a\" for=\"sk-q6a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>Skeleton Crew<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-6b\" for=\"sk-q6b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Different Seasons<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-6c\" for=\"sk-q6c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Night Shift<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-6d\" for=\"sk-q6d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Four Past Midnight<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Different Seasons (1982) \u2014 four novellas, three of them adapted into major films: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption became The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Body became Stand By Me (1986), and Apt Pupil became the 1998 Bryan Singer film. The fourth, The Breathing Method, is the only one never filmed. Different Seasons is the most-adapted single King book in Hollywood history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong shelf. The answer is Different Seasons (1982). Night Shift (1978) is an earlier horror-story collection. Skeleton Crew (1985) contains The Mist and The Jaunt. Four Past Midnight (1990) has The Langoliers and Secret Window. But three of the four novellas in Different Seasons \u2014 Shawshank, Stand By Me, Apt Pupil \u2014 all became celebrated films, making it arguably the single most cinematically influential King book.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s7\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q7: Dark Tower --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl7\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>07<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">King started writing his sprawling magnum opus in 1970 as a college student and finally published the eighth and final volume in 2012. The first line \u2014 \u201cThe man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed\u201d \u2014 introduces a hero inspired by Clint Eastwood&#8217;s Man with No Name. What&#8217;s the gunslinger&#8217;s name?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-7a\" for=\"sk-q7a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>Flagg<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-7b\" for=\"sk-q7b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Roland Deschain<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-7c\" for=\"sk-q7c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Jake Chambers<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-7d\" for=\"sk-q7d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Ted Brautigan<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Roland Deschain of Gilead, last of his line. The Dark Tower series \u2014 eight novels plus The Wind Through the Keyhole \u2014 is King&#8217;s spine work, connecting dozens of his other books (The Stand, Salem&#8217;s Lot, Insomnia, Hearts in Atlantis, IT) into one multiverse. Randall Flagg is the series&#8217; recurring villain, Jake Chambers is the boy Roland meets, and Ted Brautigan is a Low Men minor character.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong ka-tet. The answer is Roland Deschain. Randall Flagg is the recurring King villain who crosses from The Stand into the Dark Tower (he&#8217;s the \u201cman in black\u201d fleeing across the desert in the famous opening). Jake Chambers is the young boy Roland picks up in The Gunslinger. Ted Brautigan is a minor Breaker in Hearts in Atlantis. Roland alone is the king of Gilead&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-s8\">NEXT \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- Q8: Author son --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-sl8\">\n<div class=\"sk-question-card\">\n<p>08<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-question-text\">King has three children. His daughter Naomi is a Unitarian minister. His younger son Owen is a novelist. His older son is a bestselling horror writer in his own right \u2014 author of Heart-Shaped Box, Horns, NOS4A2, and The Fireman \u2014 and spent his early career using a pseudonym to hide the family connection. What name does he publish under?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-8a\" for=\"sk-q8a\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">A<\/span>Joe Hill<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-8b\" for=\"sk-q8b\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">B<\/span>Paul Tremblay<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-8c\" for=\"sk-q8c\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">C<\/span>Josh Malerman<\/label><br \/>\n        <label class=\"sk-option-btn sk-opt-8d\" for=\"sk-q8d\"><span class=\"sk-option-letter\">D<\/span>Grady Hendrix<\/label>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-feedback\">\n<p>\u2713 Correct! Joe Hill \u2014 a shortening of his real name, Joseph Hillstr\u00f6m King. He used the pseudonym for a decade so his work would be judged on its own merits and not marketed as \u201cson-of.\u201d His 2004 short-story collection 20th Century Ghosts and 2007 debut novel Heart-Shaped Box made his reputation before the family connection became public. He and his father have also co-written a handful of novellas including In the Tall Grass.<\/p>\n<p>\u2717 Wrong branch. The answer is Joe Hill \u2014 pen name of Joseph Hillstr\u00f6m King. Paul Tremblay (A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World) is a separate contemporary horror novelist. Josh Malerman wrote Bird Box. Grady Hendrix wrote Horrorstor and My Best Friend&#8217;s Exorcism. Joe Hill hid the King connection for about a decade so his career would stand on its own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-next\" for=\"sk-sR\">REVEAL MY SCORE \u2192<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>    <!-- RESULTS --><\/p>\n<section class=\"sk-slide sk-slR\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"sk-result-label\">Final Draft \u00b7 Put Down the Pen<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"sk-result-title\">Your Constant Reader Status<\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<div class=\"sk-score-box\">\n        <span class=\"sk-score-icon\">\u270d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n          <span class=\"sk-score-num\"\/><span class=\"sk-score-of\"> \/ 8<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"sk-score-msg\">Constant Reader \u2014 or still stuck in Derry?<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p><label class=\"sk-btn-restart\" for=\"sk-s0\">\u2934 START OVER<\/label><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with <em>ScreenRant<\/em>&#8216;s Ash Crossan at <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/comic-con\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>San Diego Comic-Con<\/strong><\/a>, Flanagan unpacked the idea of a possible <em>Carrie <\/em>season 2 ahead of season 1&#8217;s debut. When asked about the possibility of the show continuing, the horror filmmaker explained that, as a TV series, it doesn&#8217;t need to progress in the same way as King&#8217;s novel. This allows for differences that could open the door for more stories to be told, especially since the adaptation can approach the source material any way it wants to.<\/p>\n<p>Check out what Flanagan had to say below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ash Crossan: <\/strong>I mean, you have eight episodes, and then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Flanagan: <\/strong>Who can say? The beautiful thing about not not being beholden to what came before us with these characters is that their fates, their trajectories, and their potential is not limited by the written word or by any other adaptation for us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/prime-video-carrie-show-stephen-king-book-changes-mike-flanagan-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Flanagan&#8217;s <em>Carrie<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>promises differences from the novel that will make it stand as its own story. This includes Carrie&#8217;s mother being protective yet distant from her daughter instead of an abuser, as she was in King&#8217;s original version. Her father&#8217;s death is another major change, as will be the classic prom scene, which the horror filmmaker has promised will have a completely different set of circumstances and events that unfold. All of these lay the groundwork for a different show that could, potentially, continue into season 2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape mobile-optimized\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Credit: Robert Falconer\\\/Prime Video&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Summer H. Howell as Carrie smiling slightly in Prime Video's Carrie\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/summer-h-howell-as-carrie-in-carrie.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Summer H. Howell as Carrie smiling slightly in Prime Video&#8217;s Carrie<\/figcaption><small class=\"body-img-caption\">Credit: Robert Falconer\/Prime Video<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, one compelling alteration is that each episode, starting with episode 2, will feature different women in various locations and points in time developing powers similar to Carrie&#8217;s. While this pulls inspiration from some accounts of other women getting powers seen in King&#8217;s original novel, it helps to build out a world of people with similar powers, indicating potential for a larger story that could be forming. There&#8217;s no way of knowing until the show arrives on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p><em>Carrie <\/em>will consist of eight episodes and see Summer H. Howell take on the titular role. Other main roles include Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White, Carrie&#8217;s mother, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Amber Midthunder as Rita Desjardin, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Arthur Conti as Billy Nolan, Josie Totah as Tina Blake, Matthew Lillard as Henry Grayle, and Thalia Dudek as Emaline. Flanagan serves as showrunner, director, writer, and executive producer. As of writing, an exact release date has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>With Flanagan courting the idea of a season 2, it seems like <em><strong>Carrie<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s book material could be just the start for the show. At the same time, season 1 still doesn&#8217;t have a release date, meaning it&#8217;s early days for confirming if another season will happen. 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