‘Boys Don’t Cry’ Director Kimberly Peirce To Remake Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’
Kimberly Peircehas been hired to direct a remakeStephen King’sCarrie. Peirce made her name with the 1999 indie filmBoys Don’t Crywhich featured an Oscar-winning performance fromHilary Swank. Peirce was voted one of Hollywood’s upcoming best new talents, but the filmmaker has yet to deliver a worthy follow-up, helming the 2008 war filmStop-Lossand an episode ofThe L Word.
This summer, MGM and Screen Gemsannouncedthat they hiredRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa, a playwright whowas recently brought ontothe troubled Broadway productionSpider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, to pen the new script based on King’s first published work. Aguirre-Sacasa also writes comics for Marvel including their graphic representation of Stephen King’sThe Stand, so he’s certainly familiar with King’s work. He worked on several seasons of HBO’sBig Love, but his will be his first screenplay.Deadlinereports that Aguirre-Sacasa’s take is “more faithful to the King book, and more grounded than the Brian De Palma-directed film.” This story definitely seems more within Peirce’s best abilities.
There were alsorumorsthat True Grit starHailee Steinfeldwas the top choice to star in the new adaptation, although those reports were never substantiated.
As you know, King’s book was previously turned into a classic 1976 film byBrian De Palmathat starred Sissy Spacek as “a shy and bullied teenager who develops psychic powers and uses them to get revenge on her tormenters.” Spacek and co-star Piper Laurie both got Oscar nominations for the film.
