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Stephen King’s The Mist is coming to television!Following the success of “Scream the Series” on MTV, Dimension Television announced today that they are bringing The Mist, based on the classic Stephen King novella and film by Frank Darabont, to television. Stephen King has given his blessing to the project, which is a continuing series from acclaimed writer Christian Torpe. Torpe created the successful show “RITA” in Denmark, now finishing its fourth season, and has developed programming for both Showtime and AMC.Using the book and movie as influences, the series tells an original story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town but contains limitless havoc. From psychological terrors to otherworldly creatures, the mist causes the town residents’ darkest demons to appear forcing them to battle the supernatural event and, more importantly, each other.“The terror and drama in Stephen King’s novella are so vast that we felt serialized television is the best place to explore them in greater depth,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. “With this show, Christian has created a fascinating band of characters and a story with infinite scares.”Frank Darabont’s fillm adaptation was released in 2007 and grossed just $57 million, but went on to achieve critical acclaim. The original novella by King has also provided the inspiration for some high profile video games including Silent Hill and Half-Life.
Producer Describes Spike’s “The Mist” as a “Twisted Cousin” to the NovelWhat can we expect from “The Mist” TV series? We’ve got new details.Believe it or not, it’s already been ten years since Frank Darabont turned Stephen King novella “The Mist” into one of the most downright depressing and disturbing creature features we have ever seen. Who could ever forget the film’s ending, which traded in King’s hopeful one for, well, the most shocking final act of the past ten years. We certainly never will, as long as we live.Later this year, Spike TV is bringing “The Mist” to the small screen with a brand new TV series, and TV Guide brings us an update on the project this week. During the Television Critics Association’s winter previews, executive producer Christian Torpe described the series as a “reimagining” of the source material, drawing a comparison between it and FX’s “Fargo.”Said Torpe:Let’s call it a reimagination. Internally, we talk about it as doing the Fargo approach, where the movie and the TV show is the same, but it’s different. It’s like a weird, twisted cousin to the original source material. Fans of the movie and of the book and of Mr. King’s work will certainly see elements from it. We also, in order to develop it for TV and turn it into an ongoing series, took our own little detours here and there.Torpe also noted that Spike’s “The Mist” won’t hold back on delivering the darkness that Darabont did with the material, and he promised a memorable finale:I personally love [Frank Darabont’s] ending. I thought it was a stroke of genius. We are playing around in that territory and we also know, of course, Mr. King’s ending. And I know Mr. King actually preferred Darabont’s ending. And so I think we came up with our own spin on a very original and surprising ending.The show, “…tells the story of a foreboding mist that arrives in one small town ushering in a terrifying new reality for its residents, putting their humanity to the test. What will people do to survive when blinded by fear?”The cast includes Morgan Spector, Frances Conroy, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Dan Butler, Luke Cosgrove, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.Spike will be creating 10 one-hour episodes. The show is scheduled to premiere in 2017.