Stephen King is getting yet another adaptation and this time it is another TV adaptation. Spike TV has announced plans to adapt “The Mist” into a 10 episode miniseries. This comes nearly a decade after The Walking Dead’s Frank Darabont adapted the tale into a film that was really quite good.
The novella by King follows the small town of Bridgton, Maine as it is suddenly enveloped in an unnatural mist that conceals otherworldly monsters. A group of survivors are trapped inside a supermarket as they attempt to survive, figure out the monsters hidden in the mist, and survive each other.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spike TV ordered the series which will also be the network’s first scripted drama in a decade. Dimension TV is producing “The Mist” and Christian Torpe of the Danish series Rita is on board as a writer and executive producer.
Currently, there is no news on who will be cast in the series or what kind of production timeline we are looking at.
“The Mist” television series is expected to debut in 2017.