Chapelwaite first look gives Stephen King story a suitably spooky atmosphere

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

We've got yet another Stephen King adaptation on the way, this time from EPIX, who have adapted King's short story Jerusalem's Lot into Chapelwaite, a ten-episode series that stars Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire. Taking place in the 1850s, Chaplewaite follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody) as he returns to his ancestral home with his three children after the death of his wife. However, Boone will "soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations." A few first-look images from the series have been released over at Vanity Fair, and you can check out a couple of those below.

Sad, gloomy, and suitably gothic. I'm down. Chapelwaite hails from Peter and Jason Filardi, and Peter told Vanity Fair that the series will be twisting what's real and what's not. "We play with that intentionally to keep our audience guessing," said Peter. "Is it a haunted-house movie? You learn in the pilot that Charles was also suffering from what appears to be some psychological issues, a madness that all of his other relatives suffer from. What is the danger? Well, it keeps sort of evolving."

Transforming Stephen King's short story into a ten-episode series meant that certain elements had to be expanded, which accounts for Captain Boone's three children, who (I believe) aren't present in the original story, as well as Emily Hampshire's Rebecca Morgan. "Rebecca Morgan, an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College, and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine," reads the official synopsis. "Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to write about them. In doing so, Rebecca will not only craft the next great gothic novel, she’ll unravel a mystery that has plagued her own family for years." You can check out more from Chapelwaite, including a brief teaser, over at Vanity Fair.

Chapelwaite will debut on EPIX this August.