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British actress Gabriella Wilde is set to star in MGM and Sony Screen Gems’ new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel “Carrie,” starring Chloe Moretz (Let Me In) as the tormented telekinetic teen.
Wilde, last seen in Paul W.S. Anderson’s steampunk adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ beloved classic The Three Musketeers, will play the role of mean bitch and tampon terrorist Sue Snell, played in the original by Amy Irving.
Carrie tells the story of a bullied high school girl who develops deadly telepathic powers when she reaches puberty. After suffering a humiliating prank at her school’s prom, she freaks the fuck out and uses her new found skills to punish her classmates and her deranged mother.
Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) and costars Julianne Moore as Carrie’s mother Margaret White, “Californication’s” Judy Greer as gym teacher Miss Collins and Chronicle’s Alex Russell.
Carrie is slated for release on March 15, 2013.
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