Keth Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 The MIst to be turned into a series 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. I don't know, I haven't read the novella, but the movie was pretty perfect to me. I rewatched it a few weeks ago, and just everyone meshes so well. This seems ripe for an anthology type thing though where we could see different stories (I'd love to see The Walking Dead go this route also). I dunno, still might be cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Whaaat? No sir, I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Yeah it just doesn't seem like something you could stretch out over 10+ episodes. If they can't find someone to play crazy like Marcia Gay Harden played crazy then it's not even worth it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 They're just going to drag it out until no one cares anymore. You know what would be great? Get the rights to a stack of Stephen King stories, novellas, and shorter lesser loved novels and just adapt one a season. I would watch a season of The Mist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n 2099 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 That's a damn good idea. I'd watch that over stupid American Horror Story anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm with Axels--I love the movie. So I would be more interested if Darabont had anything to do with the series, but I will watch the first few episodes to see how this serialized version shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 My biggest worry here is that they aren't going to have any monsters at all. Or we get small glimpses and no money shots, and that the monsters were just hallucinations cause by the mist. My biggest hope though, is that we get an up close look at Project Arrowhead with a sequence with the opening to the other dimension (or wherever it came from). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I think the monsters are going to be there in full force, it's just not The Mist without monsters. But therein lies the problem, if they look like shit then you've got no show. This could be Terranova all over again and nobody wants that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 it's going to be some kind of semi-corporeal thing I bet... the mist causes you to hallucinate and Pennywise comes and eats you while you're nightmare tripping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Cast looks decent enough but tht trailer was fairly underwhelming. It did make me want to watch the movie again though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Mini series I can see, but full on series? I'm a bit skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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