Chalk up Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones for the Dimension Films’ adaptation of Stephen King’s THE MIST, according to Hollywood Reporter. Directed and produced by Frank Darabont (who also wrote the script), the film already has Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden and Amin Joseph onboard, with shooting beginning this week in Louisiana.
Harden will play Mrs. Carmody, an outspoken and ultimately divisive member of the group trapped in the supermarket, while Jones will play Ollie, a mild-mannered supermarket manager who is forced to take heroic measures to save his life and the lives of others.
Based on the short story by King (which was included in the ‘Skeleton Crew’ anthology), the film centres on a town after a strange storm blows has blown through it and its citizens are attacked by deadly creatures. A group of townfolks barricade themselves in a supermarket and struggle for survival.