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The Mist (also known as Stephen King's The Mist) is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed, written, and co-produced by Frank Darabont.Based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King, the film stars an ensemble cast of Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Nathan Gamble, Andre Braugher, Sam Witwer, Toby Jones, Frances Sternhagen, Buck Taylor, Robert Treveiler, William Sadler, Alexa Davalos, David Jensen, Chris Owen, Andy Stahl and future The Walking Dead stars Jeffrey ...
- The story was inspired by a trip to a grocery store. The story of The Mist dates all the way back to 1976, when King was trying to think of a short story to contribute to an upcoming anthology called Dark Forces.
- It’s part of a very long creative relationship between Stephen King and Frank Darabont. Though King and Darabont’s most famous collaboration is probably 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption, their professional relationship actually goes back much further.
- It was almost Darabont’s first feature film. After making “The Woman in the Room” into a short film, Darabont began establishing himself in Hollywood as a screenwriter, working on horror films like A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), The Blob (1988), and The Fly II (1989).
- King held the rights for Darabont for years. Though Darabont ultimately decided to adapt The Shawshank Redemption, and later The Green Mile, he kept holding onto The Mist as a project he’d like to do one day.
The Mist: Directed by Frank Darabont. With Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher. A thick fog descends upon a rural community, killing anyone caught outside, survivors seek refuge in a local store.
- (345K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Frank Darabont
- 2007-11-21
The mist suddenly dissipates, revealing the vanguard of a U.S. Army armored column beginning the process of exterminating the creatures and restoring order. David, seeing that the Army has also rescued survivors, including the woman who left to get to her children, realizes that he killed his son and fellow survivors as they were just moments away from rescue.
The Mist is a horror film based on a novella by Stephen King. The film was directed by Frank Darabont from a screenplay that he wrote. Commercial artist David Drayton lives in a lakeside house along with his wife Stephanie and five-year-old son Billy, and their home is partially destroyed one night during a particularly violent thunderstorm, described as the greatest electrical storm in recorded history. A tree smashes through the window of Drayton's room, destroying the paintings which are his
Nov 21, 2007 · The Mist. David Drayton (Thomas Jane), his son, Billy (Nathan Gamble), and their neighbor, Brent Norton (Andre Braugher) head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. Once there, they and other local citizens are trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town and in which strange creatures are lurking.
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May 9, 2007 · The Mist (also known as Stephen King's The Mist) is a 2007 American science fiction horror film based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont, who had previously adapted King's works The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film based on King's 1982 novella) and The Green Mile (1999 film ...
