Mike Flanagan's Carrie Includes a Nod to His Upcoming Dark Tower Show

Prime Video's Carrie, developed by Mike Flanagan, adapts Stephen King's novel and includes numerous references to King's wider fictional universe. One Easter egg involving the LaMerk sign and the shine hints at Flanagan's next King adaptation, The Dark Tower. The series modernizes Carrie's story while keeping the core premise of Carrie White's telekinetic awakening.

In Flanagan’s Prime Video adaptation, Carrie White’s telekinetic awakening remains central, while the story is modernized. The cast includes Summer H. Howell as Carrie and Samantha Sloyan as Margaret. The show also references King’s wider universe through the shine and expands Carrie’s family history, showing her father Ralph as a construction worker who dies in a workplace accident tied to a LaMerk Industries project.

That LaMerk detail connects to Stephen King’s broader mythology. In The Dark Tower, LaMerk is a metalworking firm linked to the Crimson King and Sombra Corporation. Flanagan reportedly secured rights in 2022 to develop a Dark Tower series with Amazon, so the Carrie reference may foreshadow that project.