MGM+ has announced that it has given a eight-episode series order to The Institute, an adaptation of the 2019 novel from Stephen King. The series is being executive produced by King veterans director Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) and writer Benjamin Cavell (The Stand), and will see Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) […]
Lost’s Harold Perrineau joins Epix horror series From
Deadline has announced that Harold Perrineau (Lost) will lead Epix’s upcoming sci-fi horror series From. Created by Josh Griffin, the series is about a small American town that traps everyone who enters it inside the town and is surrounded by terrifying night time creatures. From “unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that […]
Ben Mendelsohn to star in Stephen King’s The Outsider adaptation
Ben Mendelsohn (Captain Marvel) has joined HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Outsider. The series was created by Richard Price (The Night Of), who has also written the script, and Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes). Mendelsohn will executive produce alongside Price and Jason Bateman (Ozark). The Outsider follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of […]
Exclusive Interview – Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender talks Season 2
Paul Risker chats with Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender about season 2 of the Stephen King adaptation… Mr Mercedes, an adaptation of Stephen King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy, comprising Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch, enters its second season. Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) remains hospitalised in a vegetative state after a second attempt to […]
Go behind-the-scenes of Mr. Mercedes season 2 with new featurette
With just two weeks to go until its season 2 premiere, a new behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for the small screen Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes which sees stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway, and writers and executive producers David E. Kelley, Jack Bender and Dennis Lehane discussing storylines, character development and the good […]
Exclusive interview with Jack Bender on Mr. Mercedes
Tai Freligh interviews Jack Bender about Mr. Mercedes… Jack Bender (Lost, Under the Dome, Game of Thrones) is an Executive Producer and Director for Mr. Mercedes, the television show based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Tai Freligh with Flickering Myth interviewed him at Comic-Con 2017 and asked him about portraying violence and gore […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes getting a miniseries courtesy of David E. Kelley
Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes is heading to the small screen, with Variety reporting that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) is writing a limited series based upon the book, with Jack Bender set to direct. “This is an amazing opportunity to adapt a script from material penned by one of the world’s […]
