Overview

• The eight-part series launched on July 13 with the first two episodes available on MGM+, with new installments premiering weekly on Sundays through August 24.
• U.S. viewers can stream the series via a direct MGM+ subscription or by adding MGM+ as a channel on Prime Video, Apple TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV, while U.K. audiences access it exclusively as a Prime Video add-on.
• Writer-producer Benjamin Cavell and director Jack Bender restructured the storyline to bring Tim Jamieson into the central plot from the outset and cast older actors for the Institute’s child characters to balance the series’ darker tone.
• Joe Freeman stars as telekinetic prodigy Luke Ellis alongside Ben Barnes as Tim Jamieson and Mary-Louise Parker as Institute director Ms Sigsby, with Stephen King serving as an executive producer.
• Early reviews and viewer reactions have praised Freeman’s performance and the adaptation’s faithfulness, though some critics have pointed to uneven pacing and modest production values.