<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Mist is an American science fiction - horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe . It is based on the horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King . The series aired for one 10 - episode season on Spike from June 22 to August 24, 2017 . On September 27, 2017, Spike cancelled the series . </P> <P> An unexplained mist slowly envelops the town of Bridgeville, Maine, creating an almost impenetrable barrier to visibility . The residents of the town soon learn the situation is even more precarious as unexplained anomalies and phenomena in the mist attack and kill most who enter it, trapping several groups of people in a shopping mall, a church, and a hospital . Eventually, people begin to see apparitions in the mist from their past, fears, or guilt that help or kill them depending on how they react . </P> <Ul> <Li> Morgan Spector as Kevin Copeland </Li> <Li> Alyssa Sutherland as Eve Copeland </Li> <Li> Gus Birney as Alex Copeland </Li> <Li> Danica Curcic as Mia Lambert </Li> <Li> Okezie Morro as Bryan Hunt </Li> <Li> Luke Cosgrove as Jay Heisel </Li> <Li> Darren Pettie as Connor Heisel </Li> <Li> Russell Posner as Adrian Garff </Li> <Li> Frances Conroy as Nathalie Raven </Li> </Ul>

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