The trailer for The Mist, based on the Stephen King story, showed up on the Internet earlier today. Though it seems to bear a strong resemblance to an ABC TV movie, history has taught us that when Frank Darabont and Stephen King join forces, awesome things happen. The Mist, besides being the story that inspired Half-Life, is one of King’s works with a particularly strong connection to his Dark Tower series. Hopefully a little of that makes its way onto the screen, as other adaptations of Dark Tower-heavy King offerings have ignored the seven book epic entirely (see: Hearts in Atlantis, ‘Salem’s Lot). But seeing as Darabont’s The Majestic is basically a Dark Tower love letter, I think we have little to worry about.