MGM Plus Cancels Stephen King Adaptation ‘Chapelwaite’

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Inspired by short story ‘Jerusalem’s Lot,’ show had Adrien Brody in lead role

Chapelwaite on Epix
‘Chapelwaite’ on Epix (Image credit: Epix)

Drama Chapelwaite will not see a second season on MGM Plus. Based on a Stephen King short story called “Jerusalem’s Lot,” the series premiered on Epix in 2021. Epix transitioned into MGM Plus earlier this year. 

Adrien Brody plays sea captain Charles Boone, who relocates his three children to his ancestral home in the sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine, after his wife dies at sea. He soon confronts his family’s secrets. 

Emily Hampshire is also in the cast. 

“I’m afraid Captain Boone’s story ends on that beach of weathered, Maine sand. There will be no season 2.  Thank you to all the Chapelwaite fans! #Chapelwaite,” said executive producer Jason Filardi on X. 

Brody executive produces the series with Filardi, Donald DeLine, Peter Filardi and Burr Steers. 

“Jerusalem’s Lot” appeared in the King short story collection Night Shift.

Reviews for Chapelwaite were mixed. The Hollywood Reporter said, “Peter and Jason Filardi’s adaptation for Epix does away with most of the plot of “Jerusalem’s Lot” and jettisons everything insinuating about the story in favor of overly spelled-out and familiar horror tropes that might recall Salem’s Lot.”

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.