UPDATE: Chloe Moretz tweeted that she has accepted the lead role in Carrie."Never been so happy in my life! Thank you Kim Pierce and thank u MGM for the chance of a lifetime i will never forget!"
Original story below:
MGM and director Kim Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) have offered Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass and Let Me In) the lead role in the upcoming remake of the 1976 film Carrie which is based on the 1974 novel written by Stephen King.
The 1976 horror film is about a shy high school student named Carrie (played by Sissy Spacek) "who is raised by a nightmarish religious fanatic mother, and comes to grip with devastating telepathic powers just as she reaches puberty. She eventually uses those gifts for lethal means when fellow classmates use the prom as an excuse to humiliate her before the entire school in a parable about bullying."
Spacek earned an Oscar nomination for her role as did Piper Laurie who played Carrie's mother. Other cast members included John Travolta, Nancy Allen and Amy Irving.
It is being said that after the studio closes the deal with Moretz, the search will begin for an actress to play the mother. Names are already being tossed around which include Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore.
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