Stephen King Series ‘The Institute’ Gets First Look From MGM+ as Director Jack Bender Explains Casting Older Than the Book: ‘We Didn’t Want It to Be a Sadistic Experience’
variety.comEllise Shafer MGM+ previewed its upcoming thriller series “The Institute,” based on Stephen King‘s 2019 novel, at Content London on Thursday.
During the panel — which included head of MGM+ Michael Wright, “The Institute” director and executive producer Jack Bender and creator and executive producer Benjamin Cavell — a full trailer for the series was played in addition to a sizzle reel of MGM+’s 2025 slate.
They also announced for the first time that King has come on board the project as an executive producer. The trailer gave a first look at the Institute itself, a cement, brutalist-style building where kids with telekinetic powers are taken after being mysteriously abudcted.
Luke, played by newcomer Joe Freeman, is seen meeting the fellow children in the Institute as well as villain Ms. Sigsby (Mary-Louise Parker) for the first time, who encourages him that he is doing something good for the world as he is hooked up to machines and made to move objects. “You’re not kids, not here.
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