The director revised the ending of the film to be darker than the novella's ending, a change to which King was amenable. The film features an ensemble cast, including Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Nathan Gamble, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, Frances Sternhagen, Buck Taylor, William Sadler, Sam Witwer, Alexa Davalos, Chris Owen, Andy Stahl, Jeffrey DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Melissa McBride, and Juan Gabriel Pareja. Darabont had been interested in adapting 'The Mist' for the big screen since the 1980s. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont. The Mist (also known as Stephen King's The Mist) is a 2007 American science-fiction horror film based on the 1980 novella ' The Mist' by Stephen King.
