Stephen King has two adaptations in the current Yomimono feed: the eight-episode Carrie drama series with Mike Flanagan, streaming on Prime Video from October 7, and a 4K 20th-anniversary theatrical return for The Mist in Japan from January 8, 2027.
Two King adaptations sit in the feed, both older novels reaching audiences in new formats. Carrie, the 1974 novel, is an eight-episode drama series confirmed to stream exclusively on Prime Video with all episodes arriving at once on October 7. Mike Flanagan is showrunner, writer, and executive producer, and King is an executive producer. Summer H. Howell plays Carrie White and Samantha Sloyan plays Margaret. A key visual, scene photos, and a Japanese trailer were released with the announcement. The take on the story frames it as concerned with social media rather than blood alone, and King is described as backing Flanagan's reading.
The Mist takes a different route. Filmarks announced on November 4 that the 2007 adaptation will return to theaters in 4K for its 20th anniversary, screening for two weeks from January 8, 2027 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and theaters nationwide in Japan. Frank Darabont directed and wrote the film, which adapts King's novella as sci-fi horror. Ticket holders get a 400 yen per-person discount when two or more attend, and visitor bonuses are planned with details to come.
The two stories do not overlap in production or release. One is a new series adaptation of an early novel arriving on a streaming service; the other is a theatrical re-release of a mid-2000s film. What connects them is the source author: King is credited on both, as executive producer on Carrie and as the adapted author on The Mist. Neither story gives a production studio, a budget, or a reception figure.
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Filmarks announced on November 4 that The Mist will return to theaters in 4K for its 20th anniversary, screening for two weeks from January 8, 2027 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and theaters nationwide. The 2007 sci-fi horror adapts Stephen King and was directed and written by Frank Darabont. Ticket holders get a 400 yen per-person discount when two or more attend; visitor bonuses are planned with details to come.
Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie has been adapted as a drama series, confirmed to stream exclusively on Prime Video with all eight episodes arriving at once on October 7. A key visual, scene photos, and a Japanese trailer were released with the announcement. Mike Flanagan is showrunner, writer, and executive producer, with King as executive producer. Summer H. Howell plays Carrie White; Samantha Sloyan plays Margaret.