"Carrie," the great Stephen King's first novel, spawned a classic horror film with two Oscar-nominated performances, one that is now in the midst of being remade, and the hunt for a new star is down to two.

Chloe Grace Moretz and Haley Bennett lead the list of young actresses director Kimberly Pierce ("Boys Don't Cry") is considering for her take on "Carrie," reported Vulture, about a high school wallflower with remarkable powers that bubble to the surface when she's angry or distressed. The part was first played by Sissy Spacek, earning the actress the first of her six Oscar nominations.

Further down the list are names like Dakota Fanning, Emily Browning, Bella Heathcote and Lily Collins. "Descendants" Shailene Woodley is said to have passed on an offer to take the part.

We love Moretz, but she's probably too young. We don't know enough about Bennett to have a strong opinion about her, but Terrence Malick cast her in his upcoming film "Lawless," so she's probably got some chops.

When news broke of the remake last fall, King himself had in idea for the title role, one that was both inspired and doomed.

"Lindsay Lohan as Carrie White… hmmm," the horror master said to EW.

And then there's the part of Carrie's whack-a-doo Bible-thumping mama, Margaret White, who was originally played with unchecked gusto by Piper Laurie. Pierce is supposedly courting Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore. We can see why Pierce would go for either, but they don't feel quite right, not domineering enough. Cate Blanchett, Melissa Leo, Tilda Swinton (!), Sigourney Weaver...

由布萊恩·德·帕爾瑪在1976年根據(jù)斯蒂芬·金經(jīng)典恐怖小說改編的《魔女嘉莉》已被好萊塢片商提上了翻拍日程，《男孩不哭》導(dǎo)演金伯莉·皮爾斯已確認(rèn)執(zhí)導(dǎo)翻拍版。之前達(dá)科塔·范寧、莉莉·科林斯、海莉·斯坦菲爾德都曾是扮演“嘉莉”的熱門人選，而目前片方已將頭號(hào)人選鎖定在兩位青春女星身上：科洛·莫瑞茲與海莉·貝內(nèi)特。

科洛·莫瑞茲自《海扁王》中以“暴力蘿莉”一炮而紅，如今與馬丁·斯科塞斯、蒂姆·波頓等大師均有過合作，星途坦蕩。曾出演《馬利和我》、《K歌情人》等片的海莉·貝內(nèi)特目前正在拍攝泰倫斯·馬力克的新片《非法》。

新版《魔女嘉莉》由米高梅和Screen Gems共同拍攝，據(jù)稱會(huì)比布萊恩·德·帕爾瑪版本更接近斯蒂芬·金的原著。老版《魔女嘉莉》為大導(dǎo)演布萊恩·德·帕爾瑪代表作，講述一位擁有超自然能力的少女嘉莉，一直遭受同學(xué)的欺辱和排擠，在畢業(yè)晚會(huì)上她再次遭受惡作劇，全身被淋滿鮮血。極度憤怒之下，她開始瘋狂的報(bào)復(fù)，茜茜·斯派塞克飾演的魔女嘉莉成為影片標(biāo)志性角色。

關(guān)于翻拍版中的傲慢惡母角色，導(dǎo)演正在與兩位影后級(jí)人物接洽：朱迪·福斯特與朱麗安·摩爾。