Posted on December 7th, 2006 at 11:08 am by Editor
Punisher star Thomas Jane told UGO.com that he has signed on to star in Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Mist. Jane revealed the casting while a UGO.com correspondent was talking with him this week: “Well, I have an e-mail from Frank right here,” Jane told the site. “Why don’t we open it and see what’s going on with The Mist? [reads] He says that he just heard my deal closed today, and he’s happy and looking forward to working with me.”
Darabont (who directed the film adaptation of King’s The Shawshank Redemption) will helm The Mist for Dimension Films, based on his own script. A spring production start is envisioned. Published in 1985 as part of King’s short-story collection Skeleton Crew, “The Mist” takes place in a small town where a thick mist engulfs the area, killing those caught in its darkness.
The Mist marks Jane’s second involvement in a King-spawned project: He also starred in Dreamcatcher. “I think it’s destined to be some kind of cult classic in a weird B-movie way, only in that no one has ever spent $80 million on a movie where weasels come out of your ass,” Jane said.
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