Fans had already noticed that small easter egg on The Dark Tower inserted in the first episode of Carrie, but Mike Flanagan wisely chose to give them a confirmation that reinterprets completely the value of Carrie on TV and how it actually foreshadows the broader horror universe drawn from the works of Stephen King.
Mike Flanagan’s Confirmation Arrives: That Easter Egg on The Dark Tower in Carrie Is Real and Deliberate
Indeed: all those who had already noticed that Easter egg in the first episode of Carrie will be glad to know that the detail has been addressed and openly acknowledged by Mike Flanagan, the director and writer of the TV series streaming on Prime Video. Carrie, at first, was pitched as a miniseries but that open ending rewrote its story, paving the way for a renewal for a second season. The first, however, has already offered a small launching pad to another TV series long in development, still involving Mike Flanagan.
The director has struck an important deal with Amazon MGM Studios, giving priority to Carrie which has finally reached the streaming platform. The next step will likely be The Dark Tower, a television adaptation to which Flanagan is very fond and which has already rooted itself in TV. The credit goes entirely to the first episode of Carrie: a quick shot of a construction site billboard was enough to feed fans’ imagination, and that small detail was officially confirmed by Flanagan. Interviewed by Gold Derby, the director stated: “Fans of The Dark Tower will love the sign of the place where Ralph White works. But we’ve tried to keep that kind of thing in the background.”
In this case it refers to LaMerk Industries, tied to the Crimson King of The Dark Tower. Carrie’s father, Ralph White, works as a laborer on a construction site and dies on the job under mysterious circumstances. His death upends the world of his widow, Margaret, and their teenage daughter Carrie, both kept secluded at home for years and forced to re-enter society. Margaret is forced to find work, and Carrie has to attend the local high school. Both must face every difficulty that this entails, and while Margaret tries to stay one step ahead without ever compromising her values, Carrie is far too naive and optimistic to endure the taunts of her peers, and all that accumulated discontent will give rise to the tragedy of the final episode.
The open ending of Carrie suggests infinite directions and offers several opportunities to hook other stories within this universe drawn from the novels of Stephen King. For example, Mike Flanagan would also like to introduce the collection Hearts in Atlantis, whose stories conceal direct connections to The Dark Tower: “All the stories in Hearts in Atlantis are beautifully connected and the fact that it also touches The Dark Tower is all the more an advantage.”
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