Overview

• Stephen King revealed the renewal on X on August 22, with MGM+ confirming the series will return.
• MGM+ says The Institute delivered the streamer’s best-ever premiere, a performance cited in renewal coverage.
• Season 2 will span eight episodes, continuing the adaptation of King’s 2019 novel without confirmed return dates.
• Casting for the new season has not been announced, with details to follow after the Season 1 run concludes.
• The series is led by executive producers Stephen King, Jack Bender, and Benjamin Cavell and streams exclusively on MGM+ in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, with Amazon MGM Studios Distribution handling other territories.