Mike Flanagan is developing a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, with plans to write and direct. The announcement has revived a familiar question. Will this version revisit the ending that made the 2007 movie a pop-culture lightning rod?
The Mist began as a King novella and was adapted in 2007 by director Frank Darabont. The premise is simple: an unnatural mist rolls into a small town, people take shelter and soon experience otherworldly and deadly creatures that they cannot explain. The characters' survival becomes as much about human behavior as it is about what’s outside.
Over time, the film’s legacy has narrowed to its final minutes, which remain one of the most debated endings in modern horror.
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Flanagan is an especially notable choice for the remake because his recent work tends to treat horror as character-driven rather than purely driven by external terror. His previous Stephen King adaptations include Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, both of which emphasized emotional stakes and ethical pressure. That approach fits well with what is at The Mist's core; showing how quickly fear can reorganize a group and how belief can escalate without evidence.
King’s novella and Darabont’s film share the same setup, but they part ways at the finish. The book’s ending is bleak and unsettled, but it also offers a glimmer of hope. The movie chooses a more definitive and brutal ending. That divergence is why any new adaptation raises an obvious question: will it follow the film’s conclusion, return to King’s version, or try a third route?
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The following describes the shape of the 2007 film's ending, but not the full sequence.
The film’s finale hinges on a desperate and irreversible choice made with limited information, followed by a twist that arrives moments too late. It forces the audience to think about consequences of the decision itself as well as the panic that made the decision feel inevitable.
What to revisit before the new version
The novella is short. It's a relatively quick read and is an obvious place to start if you want to catch all the nuance. And while the 2007 film is remembered mainly for its shocking ending, a rewatch can bring new context to the subtleties of who gains influence, how quickly people accept a convenient story, and what happens when fear overtakes everything. (There is also a 2017 miniseries that diverges considerably from the source material, but if you're looking for a focused way to get the background on adaptations, stick with the novella and 2007 film).
For now, the remake’s headline is the attachment of Flanagan to a King property that still provokes an unusually strong reaction. Whether the next version earns that reaction on its own terms will depend on the one thing audiences already care about...what kind of ending it chooses, and why.
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