Mike Flanagan On Carrie Season 2 & Why Warhammer 40K Is About To Go Hard
The horror architect behind Carrie is already plotting what's next—and it ain't what you'd expect.
Mike Flanagan just locked in Season 2 of his Carrie remake for Prime Video, and he's not sleeping on what made the first run work. The showrunner—who's basically become the go-to guy for elevated horror on TV—has been breaking down what Season 1 did right and where the supernatural YA space is heading as a whole.
But here's what's got the streets talking: Flanagan is also deep in the Warhammer 40,000 adaptation, and he's calling it an unexpected play. For those not hip to the tabletop universe, that's grimdark sci-fi at its most uncompromising—basically the opposite lane from Carrie's teen nightmare energy. Yet Flanagan is framing it as something that has real juice, a ramp-up that'll catch people slipping.
The horror moment is still real. Between Carrie getting another season and the rest of what Flanagan's cooking up, it's clear the genre isn't playing around anymore. These ain't jump-scare factories—they're fully realized worlds with something to say.
Read the full breakdown to see what Flanagan's really thinking about the next chapter.
Read the full story at Deadline → https://deadline.com/2026/11/mike-flanagan-carrie-warhammer-40000-interview-1237171623/
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