That goes double for the Black Spring angle, since the research that Frances Conroy’s character does in the premiere covers the entirety of what Stephen King’s story explains.
Nothing gets me going like a good weather-related mystery involving a lake that turns black.
The film’s take on the Arrowhead Project expanded upon the brief mentions in Stephen King’s source material, and according to Torpe, The Mist is going to head in a different direction with where it takes the secretive military situation on the small screen.
It shouldn’t be such a hard thing to do, considering the explanative gist was “it’s the government’s fault,” and I’m interested to see how widespread the show’s conspiratorial approach will be.