There are many television series of different genres based on the choice of viewers. It is not that people are mostly dragged towards watching romance, comedy, and action series. There are audiences who find science fiction, thriller, and horror shows more engaging and entertaining than any other genre.
So if you too like watching horror and science fiction series, then you must have watched the first season of The Mist. This American television series is acquainted with 3 genres – science fiction, horror, and thriller. Christian Torpe is the man behind the creation of The Mist.
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Adaptation
Like most of the series (television or animated) which are adaptations from authored books and novels, the story of The Mist is also adapted from the horror novel of the same name. The publishing of this Stephen King authored novel took place in 1980. The beautifully crafted story inspired the streaming of the television series on 22nd June airing on Spike in 2017.
After the release of the film adaptation the movie producers came up with the idea of launching a mini-series. In 2013 November, Bob Weinstein made a confirmation about the development of a mini-series of ten episodes. The production started under Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Dimensions Television (the division of their production company Dimensions Films).
Then in September 2015, came an announcement from Dimension Television that they would assign Christian Torpe, the noted screenwriter, for the task of developing The Mist as a television series. And then Paramount Network, earlier known as Spike, proceeded with the pilot series in 2016 February. Then in April, Spike and Weinstein production Dimension Television made a deal with each other to execute the screening of the whole series.
A brief hint of The Mist story
If you have read the novel The Mist or have watched the film adaptation, then you must be knowing the spooky story plot revolving around mystery hovering over the town. The characters in this science fiction-horror series have to counter the horrifying evil species roaming around the town. They have to counter them and pick fights against them, not just to save their lives but also to protect their sanity.
Review
Some viewers often sneak into the reviews of any TV series. It is all to find out whether a particular show is worth watching or not. Coming to The Mist, this thriller-horror and science fiction show was expected to draw maximum viewership with its content. But it failed in doing so and managed to grab only a few viewers. Its fan base also came down. Plus, critics too gave the thumbs-down response to it. So will there be a second season of The Mist or not, let us find out in this article.
Show Details
| TV Series: | The Mist |
| Genre: | Science fiction, Horror, & Thriller |
| Created by: | Christian Torpe |
| Based on: | ‘The Mist’ by Stephen King |
| Place Of Origin: | United States |
| Star cast: | Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic & others |
| Original language: | English |
| Number of seasons: | 1 |
| Number of episodes: | 10 |
Story plot
The story of The Mist revolves around a place in Bridgeville’s small town shaken by tremors caused by unknown mist hovering all over the town slowly. The residents living in the town panic and come to know that the situation is becoming more serious because of the unclear and unusual mist.
The negative impact of mist is it is devouring the life of anyone who is coming into its clutches. The situation forces remaining people to take shelter in police stations, shopping malls, and even the holy place church. Finally, people come to know that these unknown causes of mist are happening due to ghosts from their pasts. Now there are only two ways that will decide their survival or death. These are their anxiety or wrongdoings. It will all depend on their responses to the mist.
If the story of The Mist has been cleared to you via novel or film, then you can realize that this science fiction horror series makes every effort in taking the liberty of creating to uplift the show. First of all the real story of all the featured characters has been roped in one single place, i.e a shopping mall.
All of them are forced to make the best use of resources in combating the evil mist monsters. And in the second case, the monsters shown in the series appear real but are scary nightmare creatures, not belonging to one’s demons, as has been portrayed in the show.
What caused the failure of The Mist?
The reason why The Mist failed to make a mark on audiences as well as critics, is it deviated from its track in piling up multiple things that led to poor execution of characters. Hence, if in case, the series comes up with its next installment, then it is expected that it will come with better execution of its story plot and narration.
Star cast of The Mist
Morgan Spector
Morgan Spector plays the character of Kevin Copeland in the Sci-fi horror TV series The Mist. He was born in 1980 on 4th October in America. He has made appearances in other television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Zero Hour, Homeland, Boardwalk Empire, Person of Interest, Orange Is the New Black, Suits, and The Plot Against America (2021).
Danica Curcic
Danica Curcicis an actress hailing from Denmark and Serbia. She was born in 1985 on August 27. She has appeared in many films and television series including The Mist as Mia Lambert. Her other appearances in TV series include Those Who Kill, Nobel, The Chestnut Man.
When to expect season 2 of The Mist?
The premiere of The Mist’s first season came in 2017 on 22nd June with only 10 episodes. It ended in the same year on 24th August. The poor performance of the show had forced the makers to cancel it on 25th August. Despite a good script, it failed to execute in the right manner. So no second season will be coming.