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Forming this instant connection with Barnes’ character was a cinch for Joe Freeman — and for good reason. “Me and Ben spent a ...
The Institute Episode 7 really amped things up. Problems came knocking again just when we thought Luke and Tim had caught a break. Ashworth’s death and Drew’s double betrayal marked this episode.
MGM+'s supernatural horror series, The Institute, starring Ben Barnes and Joe Freeman, debuted on July 13, 2025, with three episodes.
At the end of The Institute season 1 episode 6, Stackhouse makes a deal with Hendricks to blame Sigsby for the mishap when the higher-ups get involved. Meanwhile, Sigsby leads the hunt for Luke and ...
A Stephen King sci-fi book seemingly wasted a massive narrative opportunity, but its new TV adaptation can make up for it with one major story beat.
The brand new series "The Institute" follows Luke Ellis—a 12-year-old genius who is kidnapped and awakens in The Institute, a facility full of children, all of whom possess unusual abilities.
Enter Ms. Sigsby, The Institute’s prim and polished head honcho. She tells Luke that all this – his abduction, this testing, ...
The Gist: One of those students, Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) finishes way before any of the other students. He’s 14 and already taking senior-level courses at his high school.
The main storyline revolves around teen genius Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman), one of the latest kids to be kidnapped and taken to the Institute. A parallel storyline follows a former cop turned drifter ...
He is Joe Freeman (pictured above), who takes up the role of a 14-year-old genius-prodigy named Luke Ellis in “The Institute,” a creepy and engrossing sci-fi thriller adapted from a 2019 ...
The trailer for The Institute quickly establishes the central conflict and introduces key characters from King’s 2019 novel. Luke Ellis’s sudden awakening in a room identical to his own, only ...
In the eight-episode The Institute, when 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all ...