Mike Flanagan Confirms Hidden DARK TOWER Easter Egg in His CARRIE TV Series

Mike Flanagan is sneaking a little Dark Tower mythology into his adaptation of Carrie, and Stephen King fans are going to want to keep their eyes open for this one.

The filmmaker has confirmed that his Carrie TV series includes an Easter egg connecting the story to The Dark Tower, specifically through the workplace of Carrie's father, Ralph White.

Flanagan teased the connection, telling Gold Derby, “Dark Tower fans are going to love the signage at the place where Ralph White works.”

That workplace is LaMerk Industries, a company with ties to the Crimson King, the main villain of King's Dark Tower saga.

It's a cool little connection for fans, especially considering Flanagan's ongoing efforts to bring the fantasy series to television.

Flanagan has been working on his own adaptation of The Dark Tower for years, hoping to give King's massive story the treatment it deserves.

The books previously inspired a 2017 film starring Idris Elba, but the movie failed to win over critics or fans and struggled at the box office.

The filmmaker has also expressed interest in adapting King's Hearts in Atlantis, which has connections to The Dark Tower universe and happens to be his favorite Stephen King book.

“I would love to take a crack at adapting it, because the other movie only did one-fifth of it. All of the stories in Hearts in Atlantis are so gorgeously connected, and the fact that it touches the Dark Tower is even better.”

As for his planned Dark Tower series, Flanagan has an ambitious vision, but getting the project moving has proven to be a challenge.

In a previous interview, he explained, “Getting the green light on Dark Tower is a much longer and more involved process than anything else I’ve ever approached in my life.”

His plan is to adapt King's novels across five seasons of television, followed by two standalone movies.

Rather than jumping around the mythology or trying to squeeze everything into a condensed story, Flanagan wants to follow the books from the beginning.

“The problem with the other approaches is people who try to jump in in the middle or people who try to jump in at a different point, because you can’t throw an audience face-first into this huge universe. It’s overwhelming.”

He continued, “So my adaptation was that it was just doing the books and doing them in order.”

That's definitely the best way to tackle a story as massive and complicated as The Dark Tower. King's world has a lot of moving pieces, and giving audiences time to experience the journey as it unfolds could make all the difference.

In the meantime, Flanagan's Carrie series offers fans at least one fun connection to that universe. The LaMerk Industries reference might be a small detail, but it's a nice nod to the larger mythology King has built across his books.

Hopefully, Flanagan eventually gets the green light to bring his full Dark Tower vision to life.

After what happened with the 2017 movie, fans deserve another shot at seeing Roland Deschain's journey properly adapted.