EXCLUSIVE: MGM+ has given a sequence order to The Institute, a thriller primarily based on the 2019 Stephen King novel. Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) are set to guide the drama from director/government producer Jack Bender (Misplaced, Mr. Mercedes), author/government producer Benjamin Cavell (Justified, The Stand) and MGM+ Studios. Manufacturing is slated to start in Nova Scotia later this yr.
Within the eight-episode The Institute, When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of youngsters who all acquired there the identical approach he did, and who’re all possessed of surprising talents. In a close-by city, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson (Barnes) has come trying to begin a brand new life, however the peace and quiet received’t final, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
Barnes’ Tim Jamieson is a disillusioned ex-cop who takes a job because the night time knocker in a small city, withdrawing from the world till Luke’s plight reignites him and provides him one thing to consider in.
Parker, who I hear has a one-year deal, will play Ms. Sigsby, the charming however iron-willed director of the Institute and a real believer in its terrible mission. She’s sure historical past will come to see her as a hero.
“I’m delighted and excited on the prospect of The Institute, with its high-intensity suspense, being filmed as a sequence,” King stated. “The mix of Jack Bender and Ben Cavell ensures that the outcomes shall be terrific.”
The Institute follows one other sequence by MGM+ primarily based on King’s literary work, Chapelwaite.
“We’re thrilled to have the chance to work once more with Stephen King. And The Institute, primarily based on his critically acclaimed novel, is an thrilling addition to the MGM+ authentic sequence slate,” stated Michael Wright, head of MGM+. “There isn’t any inventive group I might belief extra to carry the ebook to life than Jack and Ben, whose inventive imaginative and prescient and love of Mr. King’s voice, will carry this thought-provoking and gut-wrenching story to life, within the partaking, cinematic, and thrilling fashion MGM+ viewers count on.”
Bender has in depth expertise in King sequence variations, having government produced CBS’ Underneath The Dome; Viewers’s Mr. Mercedes, whose Season 1 forged included Parker; and HBO’s The Outsider. At MGM+, he’s additionally director/government producer on hit horror sequence From, which counts King amongst its followers.
When The Institute was revealed in 2019, it was originally acquired by Spyglass for the Mr. Mercedes group of author/EP David E. Kelley and EP Bender. It is a new incarnation of the venture with a brand new author and studio.
“I’m thrilled that Stephen King has entrusted me with one other of his good novels and persevering with the extraordinary inventive relationship with Michael Wright and MGM+,” Bender stated. “Working alongside Ben Cavell and a group of outstanding writers, to inform the story of those uniquely gifted youngsters, will guarantee a suspenseful and engrossing sequence.”
Cavell is coming off adapting King’s novel The Stand into the 2020 Paramount+ miniseries of the identical identify.
“It’s my nice honor to have one other probability to adapt Stephen King, who has been beneficiant and collaborative past my wildest imaginings,” he stated. “Additionally, the chance to work with Jack Bender, who has directed a few of my all-time favourite tv, is actually a dream come true. I couldn’t be extra grateful to Michael Wright and MGM for placing this group collectively.”
Barnes starred as Common Kirigan in Netflix’s sequence Shadow and Bone. He additionally visitor starred on two Netflix anthology sequence, Black Mirror and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cupboard of Curiosities. In options, Barnes was most lately in Anand Tucker’s crime drama The Critic reverse Mark Sturdy, Ian McKellen, and Gemma Arterton. He lately signed with Gersh and can be repped by Luber Roklin.
Parker stars in Paramount World’s upcoming restricted sequence The Grey Home. On the movie facet, she is in Bernardo Britto’s Omni Loop, which premiered at this yr’s SXSW competition and was additionally seen in Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes. She is repped by CAA, Untitled Leisure and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Bender is repped by UTA and Legal professional Bob Myman. Cavell is repped by Larry Shuman at The Shuman Firm, CAA, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
