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Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker to lead Stephen King adaptation The Institute

June 15, 2024 by Gary Collinson

MGM+ has announced that it has given a eight-episode series order to The Institute, an adaptation of the 2019 novel from Stephen King.  The series is being executive produced by King veterans director Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) and writer Benjamin Cavell (The Stand), and will see Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Amazon MGM, Ben Barnes, Benjamin Cavell, Jack Bender, Mary-Louise Parker, MGM, Stephen King, The Institute

Lost’s Harold Perrineau joins Epix horror series From

May 5, 2021 by Ricky Church

Deadline has announced that Harold Perrineau (Lost) will lead Epix’s upcoming sci-fi horror series From. Created by Josh Griffin, the series is about a small American town that traps everyone who enters it inside the town and is surrounded by terrifying night time creatures. From “unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Epix, From, Harold Perrineau, Jack Bender, Josh Griffin, netflix

Ben Mendelsohn to star in Stephen King’s The Outsider adaptation

December 4, 2018 by Ricky Church

Ben Mendelsohn (Captain Marvel) has joined HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Outsider. The series was created by Richard Price (The Night Of), who has also written the script, and Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes). Mendelsohn will executive produce alongside Price and Jason Bateman (Ozark). The Outsider follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Jack Bender, Jason Bateman, Richard Price, Stephen King, The Outsider

Exclusive Interview – Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender talks Season 2

September 14, 2018 by admin

Paul Risker chats with Mr. Mercedes showrunner Jack Bender about season 2 of the Stephen King adaptation… Mr Mercedes, an adaptation of Stephen King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy, comprising Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch, enters its second season. Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) remains hospitalised in a vegetative state after a second attempt to […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Movies, Paul Risker Tagged With: Jack Bender, Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

Go behind-the-scenes of Mr. Mercedes season 2 with new featurette

August 7, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

With just two weeks to go until its season 2 premiere, a new behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for the small screen Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes which sees stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway, and writers and executive producers David E. Kelley, Jack Bender and Dennis Lehane discussing storylines, character development and the good […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television Tagged With: Brendan Gleeson, David E. Kelley, Dennis Lehane, Harry Treadaway, Jack Bender, Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

Exclusive interview with Jack Bender on Mr. Mercedes

July 30, 2017 by Tai Freligh

Tai Freligh interviews Jack Bender about Mr. Mercedes… Jack Bender (Lost, Under the Dome, Game of Thrones) is an Executive Producer and Director for Mr. Mercedes, the television show based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Tai Freligh with Flickering Myth interviewed him at Comic-Con 2017 and asked him about portraying violence and gore […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Tai Freligh, Television Tagged With: Jack Bender, Mr. Mercedes, San Diego Comic-Con International, Stephen King

Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes getting a miniseries courtesy of David E. Kelley

January 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes is heading to the small screen, with Variety reporting that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) is writing a limited series based upon the book, with Jack Bender set to direct. “This is an amazing opportunity to adapt a script from material penned by one of the world’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: David E. Kelley, Jack Bender, Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

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