THE INSTITUTE: Actors Ben Barnes and Joe Freeman on new Stephen King series – Exclusive Interview
By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/27/2025
Season 1 of THE INSTITUTE, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, is currently airing Sunday nights on MGM Plus and thereafter available on the network’s on-demand and streaming platforms. Joe Freeman stars as Luke Ellis, a genius-level teen who also has telekinetic abilities. Because of the latter, he is kidnapped by the Institute, which continuously gathers adolescents and children with telekinetic or telepathic abilities for mysterious purposes. At the same time, former big-city police officer Tim Jamieson, played by Ben Barnes, takes a job with a small-town police department as a “night knocker” (someone who makes sure […]Read On »
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