What can fans expect from The Mist TV series? Recently, executive producer Christian Torpe discussed Spike TV’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King book, TV Guide reports. First published in 1980, the original story is set in a small Maine town that becomes enveloped in a strange and monstrous mist. The novella was developed into a film in 2007 starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Andre Braugher.