THE INSTITUTE: Executive producer and director Jack Bender and executive producer and writer Benjamin Cavell on new Stephen King series – Exclusive Interview
By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2025
Based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel of the same name, the series THE INSTITUTE premieres on MGM+ on Sunday, July 13. The eight-episode first season follows teenager Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman), who has a genius IQ and latent telekinetic powers. Luke is kidnapped and taken to the Institute, headed by the formidable Mrs. Sigsby (Mary-Louise Parker). Here, Luke he finds himself among other psychically gifted young people, who are subjected to a series of odd, often painful experiments. At the same time, former big-city cop Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes) joins the sheriff’s department in a nearby small town, hoping for […]Read On »
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