Horror is still a big deal on TV, especially thanks to The Walking Dead and its companion series, Fear The Walking Dead. So The Weinstein Company is looking to launch a new show based on Stephen King’s novella The Mist.
The tome, which was brought to the big screen with creepy effectiveness by Frank Darabont in 2007, is now going to be the inspiration – this won’t be a direct adaptation – by Danish writer Christian Torpe, who has had success with comedy drama show Rita. Using the basic idea of a small town flooded with a weird mist that brings unimaginable horrors creeping with it, he’ll tell an original tale of residents confronting their own inner demons even as they battle the terror without.
“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,” Bob Weinstein says in a statement. “With this show, Christian has created a fascinating band of characters and a story with infinite scares.” We’re just hoping it’s more effective than Under The Dome.