The Institute limited TV series in development

[Bev Vincent]

David E. Kelley, Jack Bender Developing Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ As Limited Series (https://deadline.com/2019/09/david-e-kelly-jack-bender-stephen-king-the-institute-limited-series-1202730327/)

[Bev Vincent]

MGM+ has given a series order to The Institute, a thriller based on the 2019 Stephen King novel. Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) are set to lead the drama from director/executive producer Jack Bender (Lost, Mr. Mercedes), writer/executive producer Benjamin Cavell (Justified, The Stand) and MGM+ Studios. Production is slated to begin in Nova Scotia later this year.

In the eight-episode The Institute, When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson (Barnes) has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.

>>> Read more (https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-institute-ben-barnes-mary-louise-parker-mgm-plus-stephen-king-1235972273/)

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Filming very close to me acutally