Everyone who saw the 2007 Frank Darabont film, The Mist, remembers it. Love it or hate it, the film adaptation of the Stephen King story has one of the most brutal, disturbing, and unforgettable endings ever. And now, we might have a chance to feel that pain all over again.
Deadline reports that none other than Mike Flanagan, the man behind King adaptations such as The Life of Chuck, Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and soon Carrie, has signed on to write and direct a new adaptation of the story for Warner Bros. He’s currently working on a new version of The Exorcist for Universal and has long been attached to a potential Dark Tower adaptation with Amazon.
Based on a 1980 novella, The Mist tells the story of a group of Maine (it’s always Maine) residents trapped in a supermarket as a mysterious mist overtakes their town. It’s scary, creepy, and mysterious but mostly speaks to the ways humans react to dangerous situations, both in positive and negative ways. It was turned into that aforementioned 2007 film from the director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile and later also became a TV series on Spike. It lasted just one season.
There’s no word on how or why King or Flanagan are choosing to revisit The Mist at this point, but you have to assume there’s some kind of new, fresh take on it. After all, that unforgettable, downer of an ending differed greatly from King’s original version. Maybe they believe, because of that, the previous film never quite got the love it deserved. Which might be right. But it also might be because, as we said, anyone who saw it never watched it again because that ending is so damned savage.
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