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The Institute Review: Joe Freeman Proves a Breakout Star in Sinister Stephen King Sci-Fi

A SMALL, SLEEPY TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES, JUL 13 – The series explores survival and secrets in a small town as a telekinetic teen faces experiments, with two episodes premiering July 13 on MGM+, creator Jack Bender said.

Summary by Radio Times
Sometimes a series comes along and introduces a star in the making, and The Institute appears to have done exactly that with its young lead, Joe Freeman.Based on the 2019 Stephen King novel of the same name, the show follows Freeman’s high school-age genius Luke Ellis as he’s kidnapped and wakes up in the titular Institute, which is filled with other young adults with telepathic or telekinetic powers, as the mystery of just what is happening to …

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Radio Times broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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