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Adapted by MGM+ into an eight-episode series, Stephen King’s, The Institute, gains two more cast members. This marks four confirmed cast members since the production’s initial announcement in June. The Institute is MGM+’s second collaboration with King after their series Chaptelwaite based on King’s short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.”
An Upcoming Thriller Series
Along with MGM+ Studios, The Institute series comes from director/executive producer Jack Bender (Lost) and writer/executive producer Benjamin Cavell (Justified). Simone Miller (Detention Adventure) and Jason Diaz (Vampire Academy) are the two newest cast additions. They will join the already announced Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) in The Institute.
Deadline details in their report on the series, “Miller plays Kalisha, a sarcastic-but-friendly Institute inmate, who becomes one of Luke’s closest allies. Diaz plays Tony, the most sadistic of the Institute’s orderlies, who delights in wielding his power over the children.” Barnes plays former police officer Tim Jamieson while Parker plays Ms. Sigsby, the director of the institute.
In the series, “When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.”
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King’s The Institute
King’s novel of the same title was published in 2019 and was picked up originally by Spyglass for David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) to write the same day for a TV adaptation. The series has since been picked up as a new project with a new writer and studio. A science fiction-horror thriller novel, The Institute is another great example of why King is dubbed the “King of Horror” and is well renowned for the suspense in his novels. Like with all adaptations, it’s difficult to say just how much will be exactly like the novel and what creative liberations may be taken.
There is currently no scheduled release date for The Institute. Check-in with Dead Talk News for more information about the series as it becomes available.
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