Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ Season 2 Starts Production

Stephen King Reveals Exciting Update on ‘The Institute’ Season 2

Since last summer, fans of the supernatural horror show The Institute have been waiting for new episodes to make their way to MGM+. The series was officially renewedin August 2025, but it has since remained unclear when the new season will arrive. Finally, Stephen King, who wrote the novel that the series is based upon, delivered an exciting update on Season 2’s progress. With a post on X, King announced that production on Season 2 of The Instit…

Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ Season 2 Starts Production

Production has commenced on the second season of “The Institute,” based on Stephen King‘s 2019 novel of the same name. Hailing from writer Benjamin Cavell (“The Stand,” Justified”) and director Jack Bender (“Mr. Mercedes,” Child’s Play 3), the supernatural horror series will return on MGM+ later this year. Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, and Arlen So are back to star, with additional casting to be announced. “…

Production on Season Two of Stephen King's 'The Institute' Has Begun

Stephen King continues to be all the rage, as the legendary author took to X this morning to announce that production has begun on Season Two of the MGM+ series, The Institute! Season one of The Institute premiered on MGM+ in July of 2025 and is based on King’s novel of the same name that released in 2019. It follows the story of teen genius Luke Ellis, who is kidnapped and awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there …