HBO orders a limited series adaptation of Stephen King's The Outsider starring Ben Mendelsohn

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The Australian actor, whose last major TV role was on Bloodlines, will also produce the 10-episode drama series based on King's 2018 horror novel along with Jason Bateman, who is set to direct the first two episodes. Crime novelist and screenwriter Richard Price will write the series. On The Outsider, "a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case."