Mike Flanagan Teases Variations Between New Stephen King’s The Mist Adaptation & Frank Darabont’s Authentic Film

Mike Flanagan’s The Mist goes to be very totally different from its earlier adaptation.

The horror filmmaker has teased some massive variations between his new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist and Frank Darabont’s authentic film. Mike Flanagan’s model of The Mist is being produced by Warner Bros. Flanagan can be directing the brand new adaptation of King’s 1980 novella from his personal screenplay of the story.

Now, Flanagan has confirmed through posts on Bluesky that his model of The Mist will not be something like the unique adaptation headed by Darabont in 2007. The horror filmmaker defined that “variations begin web page 1” between the scripts for each movies, straight addressing how his rendition goes to take issues “in a special course.” See what he stated beneath:

I discovered a way back by no means to attempt to predict what the followers will or will not argue about (all people must calm down, frankly; I simply noticed a complete chain of individuals foaming on the mouth over fan-made AI slop posters for The Exorcist)… however yeah, this is not a retread. The variations begin web page 1.

I like Darabont’s movie, and there is zero level in remaking it. Which is why I am getting into a special course 🙂

King’s comedian horror novella follows a bunch of individuals in Brighton, Maine who’re compelled to struggle for survival after a mysterious mist causes monstrous creatures to assault the city. Its first adaptation from Darabont stayed true to the novella, specializing in each the creatures and survivors because the core threats. He additionally famously modified The Mist‘s ending, incomes reward from King.

Its second adaptation got here within the type of a TV present on Spike, altering the mist to comprise each supernatural threats and psychological results, specifically forcing individuals to confront their previous errors. The Mist TV present earned blended critiques from critics, and was canceled after season 1 aired.

As for Flanagan’s model, it is unclear as of writing how true to the novella he’ll find yourself staying. There can be massive modifications from the very begin when contrasted with Darabont’s film, signaling quite a lot of new concepts to maintain the story recent. Given the excessive bar set by Flanagan’s many previous King diversifications, it is sure to be an intriguing take.

The Mist is one in all a number of King diversifications Flanagan is engaged on proper now. His Carrie TV present on Prime Video is anticipated to premiere in October of this yr, whereas he is additionally engaged on a TV adaptation of The Darkish Tower collection. Outdoors of King, Flanagan is writing Clayface for the DCU and can direct a brand new Exorcist film, due in theaters subsequent yr.

This implies it might be a while earlier than extra particulars about his model of The Mist come to gentle. However, given what he is stated in regards to the film so far, it looks as if the modifications will make for a significant expertise that seperates it from the kind of story Darabont got down to inform in his personal adaptation.