MGM + ORDERS TV SERIES BASED ON STEPHEN KING'S THE INSTITUTE WITH BEN BARNES IN THE LEAD

   BEN BARNES TO LEAD  

STEPHEN KING'S THE INSTITUTE SERIES

MGM Plus has ordered eight episode series adaptation of Stephen King's THE INSTITUTE with Ben Barnes in the lead role. When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens

Ben Barnes will take the lead role

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. Tim Jamieson is a disillusioned ex-cop who takes a job as the night knocker in a small town, withdrawing from the world until Luke’s plight reignites him and gives him something to believe in. Mary Louise Parker will be  Ms. Sigsby, the charming but iron-willed director of the Institute and a true believer in its awful mission. She’s certain history will come to see her as a hero.