SPOILER ALERT: This post contains minor spoilers from “The Boy,” the Season 1 premiere of “The Institute,” now streaming on MGM+.
What if society didn’t act in the best interest of children?
That’s a central thesis of writer Benjamin Cavell and director Jack Bender, the central creative forces and executive producers behind the new Stephen King adaptation “The Institute,” which has its linear premiere on July 13 on MGM+. While they aren’t new to the world of King adaptations — with Cavell co-developing the 2020 “The Stand” miniseries, and Bender executive producing and directing much of the 2017 “Mr. Mercedes” series — Bender says this 2019 book, about children with supernatural
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