Overview
- Prime Video officially ordered a six-episode limited series based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story Crouch End and the project is now in pre-production with casting reported to be underway.
- Paul Tomalin is adapting the story and Tom Shankland will direct, with Tomalin, Shankland, Damien Timmer, Rebecca Keane and Ben Irving serving as executive producers.
- The streamer published an official synopsis that frames the show as a supernatural crime mystery centered on movie star Doris Freeman and police inspector Ted Vetter investigating a baffling disappearance.
- Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season will produce the series in the U.K., which marks the first Stephen King adaptation to be produced there and reflects Prime Video’s expanding slate of British originals.
- The announcement on Thursday, August 27, 2026, adds to a recent wave of King adaptations and industry interest in the project suggests casting will draw notable British and international talent, though no release date has been set.