Frequent collaborators Mike Flanagan and Stephen King are tasked by Warner Bros. with a new adaptation of The Mist, based on King’s 1980 novella. Flanagan will direct and write the screenplay.
In The Mist, a small town in Maine is enveloped in a thick mysterious fog from which creatures emerge to attack the townsfolk. Some survivors hole up in a local grocery store. As often happens with King’s fiction, anarchy and societal reordering brings out the best in some, and the absolute worst in others, sparking mob mentality and empowering unhinged extremists who become as dangerous as the horrors outside. It’s a story about the most fundamental drivers of the human psyche.
The novella originated in the King short story collection Skeleton Crew. This is not the first time the property will have been adapted. It was made into a film the first time in 2007, and in 2017 a TV series.
Flanagan has been closely tied to Stephen King for years now, adapting his works. He directed Gerald’s Game, The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep and Life of Chuck, and he has been working on a new adaptation of King’s first published novel Carrie as a miniseries for Amazon’s Prime Video.
Flanagan will produce through Red Room alongside Tyler Thompson and Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Chris Stone. Alexandra Magistro will also executive produce for Red Room.
[Reprinted by permission from SCIFI.radio]
