We’re now just five days away from the August 22nd Epix premiere of the Stephen King-inspired series Chapelwaite, and it has been revealed that on the same night the show makes its debut the first three episodes will be available on the Epix Now app and on VOD. Details on those three episodes were also revealed and can be seen below.
Chapelwaite is based on King’s short story Jerusalem’s Lot, which was a prequel to his novel Salem’s Lot. The ten episode series is set in the 1850s and follows
Captain Charles Boone, who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.
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Adrien Brody (Predators) plays Captain Charles Boone. He is joined in the cast by Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek), who is taking on the role of Rebecca Morgan,
an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College, and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine. Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to write about them. In doing so, Rebecca will not only craft the next great gothic novel, she’ll unravel a mystery that has plagued her own family for years.
Here’s what we can expect to see in the first three episodes:
Episode 101 “Blood Calls Blood”
Captain Charles Boone inherits his wealthy cousin’s estate and relocates his family to small-town Maine. The Boones encounter prejudice, hostility, a mystery illness and murder as Charles begins a dangerous journey of self-discovery.
Episode 102 “Memento Mori”
A child in town dies of a mystery illness and on her deathbed, credits Stephen Boone. Hysterical townsfolk demand that Charles dig up his cousin’s grave. Charles refuses but in private opens the grave and is shocked by what he finds.
Episode 103 “Legacy of Madness”
Charles continues to hear rats behind the walls, despite assurances there are none. His search for answers leads to an insane asylum where his worst fears are realized.
Produced by Epix Studios, Chapelwaite is executive produced by Brody, Donald De Line, Jason Filardi, Peter Filardi, and Burr Steers. The Jerusalem’s Lot short story can be found in the King collection Night Shift, which is available for purchase at THIS LINK.
JoBlo’s own Alex Maidy got an early look at Chapelwaite and described it as “one of the better Stephen King television series to date”. You can read his review of the show HERE.
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