His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). The series is produced by Bateman’s Aggregate Films, Temple Hill Entertainment and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Executive producers include Andrew Bernstein, Marty Bowen for Temple Hill Entertainment, Jack Bender, Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films, and Dennis Lehane. The series is written for television by Price, who also serves as executive producer. The Outsider Season 1 is executive produced by Bateman, who also directed the first two episodes. The mysterious set of circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, a seasoned cop still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable.

While the case appears ironclad, Ralph is baffled by the emergence of contradictory evidence that places his suspect in a neighboring city at the time of the murder. When 11-year-old Frankie Peterson’s body is found mutilated in the Georgia woods, police detective Ralph Anderson (Mendelsohn) sets out to investigate – with eyewitnesses and physical evidence pointing to Terry Maitland (Bateman), a popular high school teacher, Little League coach, doting husband and father. Both Bateman and Erivo have deep ties with MRC: Bateman headlines Ozark, while Erivo has a first-look with MRC Television.īased on King’s bestselling novel, The Outsider follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy. The show earned an Emmy nomination in the guest actor in a drama series category for The Outsider executive producer and director Bateman, who also has a recurring role on the show. While HBO bought and launched it as a drama series, the network brass ultimately decided to keep it as a limited series after hearing the Season 2 pitch. The Outsider originated as a limited series adaptation of King’s bestseller developed at MRC.

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