Mike Flanagan Steps Back Into Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ for Warner Bros.
BREAKING: Warner Bros. Pictures is reuniting frequent collaborators Mike Flanagan and Stephen King on a new adaptation of The Mist, based on the acclaimed 1980 novella, Deadline reports.
In The Mist, a small town in Maine is consumed by a thick, mysterious fog from which creatures emerge to attack the townsfolk.
A group of 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.
The novella originated in the King short story collection Skeleton Crew, and was adapted into a 2007 film and a 2017 TV series.
Flanagan will direct and write the screenplay.
He will produce through Red Room alongside Tyler Thompson and Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Chris Stone. Alexandra Magistro will also executive produce for Red Room.
Flanagan has been involved in multiple projects based on the works of Stephen King, including directing and adapting Gerald’s Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019). He also wrote and directed The Life of Chuck, an adaptation of King’s novella from If It Bleeds. In addition, Flanagan is developing a television adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon, serving as writer, showrunner, and executive producer, and also a new adaptation of King’s first published novel, Carrie, as a miniseries, also for Amazon.
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