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Mike Flanagan's Carrie now streaming on Prime Video with Amber Midthunder and Joel Oulette

Amber Midthunder plays Miss Desjardin and Joel Oulette plays Tommy Ross in the eight-episode series based on Stephen King's first novel.

Amber Midthunder, in a brown coat and a staff identification badge, stands among a crowd outdoors in a scene from Carrie.
Amber Midthunder plays Miss Desjardin in Carrie. · Robert Falconer/Prime Video

Mike Flanagan's Carrie, a new series based on Stephen King's first novel, is streaming on Prime Video, with Amber Midthunder and Joel Oulette in its main cast.

All eight episodes were released October 7 and are available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories, Amazon said.

Midthunder, who is Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux, plays Miss Desjardin. Oulette, who is Red River Métis and Swampy Cree, plays Tommy Ross.

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, a teenager who has spent most of her life at home with her protective mother, Margaret, played by Samantha Sloyan. In the series, Carrie enters public high school after her father's sudden death and faces a viral bullying scandal as she discovers telekinetic powers, according to Prime Video.

Flanagan is the series' showrunner, writer and executive producer, and directed four of its episodes. King is an executive producer. The Amazon MGM Studios series was filmed primarily in Vancouver.

Joel Oulette and a castmate sit side by side indoors, looking toward someone off-camera, in a scene from Carrie.
Joel Oulette plays Tommy Ross in Carrie. · Robert Falconer/Prime Video

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