Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones join "The Mist"

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007
Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones have signed on to join the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist.  They will join Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden and Amin Joseph in the cast.

The film, to be written and directed by Frank Darabont, is set after a strange storm blows through a Maine town and its citizens are attacked by deadly creatures. A group of townfolks barricade themselves in a supermarket and struggle for survival.

Harden will play Mrs. Carmody, an outspoken and ultimately divisive member of the trapped group, while Jones will play Ollie, a mild-mannered supermarket manager who is forced to take heroic measures to save his life and the lives of others.

Filming begins this week.


KJ's Take:  I think it would be odd to be one of these D list (Marcia may be C) actors who sign onto a film, then board a plane to go film it.  Much harder than the A listers who sign on months in advance, thus having time to actually research the role.

As for the film, it will likely go the way most Stephen King adaptations have before it.