Season 2 of Stephen King adaption The Institute, a thriller series about a shadowy organization kidnapping kids with psychic abilities, will film in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia this Winter and Spring.
With Joe Freeman as one of the kids, Mary-Louise Parker as the head of the Institute and Ben Barnes as a former police officer, season one wrapped filming in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in December 2024.
When teen genius Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) 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 possessed of unusual abilities.
In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson (Ben Barnes) has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide
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The Institute Season One
Episodes: 8,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia filming dates: February 09 2026 – May 22 2026.
Showrunner: Benjamin Cavell.
Cast: Joe Freeman, Ben Barnes, Mary-Louise Parker, Simone Miller, Jason Diaz, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, Julian Richings, Robert Joy, Viggo Hanvelt, Arlen So, Birva Pandya, Dan Beirne, Martin Roach, Jane Luk.