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Adaptations of Stephen King novels are having a renaissance thanks to the movies

. As far as we\'re concerned, it never happened.) Beyond that, things that feel like the work of Stephen King are having success, too, most notably

, which counts the author\'s \'80s work as one of its biggest influences.

Hulu has figured out a way to combine both types with

a series that will use characters and themes from King\'s novels to tell new stories set in the titular town King created. It\'s fan fiction elevated to its highest point, from the minds of two masters: King and executive producer J.J. Abrams. There was one other Stephen King anthology series — 2006\'s

is different than any other prior King adaptation. Here\'s what we know so far about the anthology series:

The basics: Season 1 will consist of 10 episodes and will premiere in 2018. According to The Verge, it will tell the story of an attorney named Henry Deaver (played by

\'s Andre Holland) who returns home to Castle Rock to represent an inmate at Shawshank Prison with an "unusual legal problem." It will weave in references to King stories the same way King self-references in his fiction. Further seasons will tell new tales with new casts, but will exist in the same interconnected universe and reference prior stories.

The two teasers released don\'t give much information but set a spine-tingling atmosphere, and one does contain some Easter eggs.

Here\'s how Hulu describes it: "A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse,

combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King\'s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King\'s literary career:

are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock.

is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories."

It has an impressive pedigree: J.J. Abrams also executive-produced the miniseries

, Hulu\'s first Stephen King show, as well as directed a little movie called

. So he knows how to take some preexisting intellectual property and reshape it into something familiar yet new. Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, who previously worked together on WGN\'s underrated atom bomb series

, are writing and executive-producing. Abrams told Jimmy Fallon that what they wrote is "cool, terrifying, weird and funny." The series is produced by Abrams\' Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

And an impressive cast: In addition to Holland, the show stars

\' Melanie Lynskey as Molly Strand, a real estate agent who\'s having trouble making any sales, since every house in Castle Rock seems to have had something terrible happen there;

\'s Jane Levy as Jackie, the town\'s unofficial historian; and

\'s Terry O\'Quinn as a local rich guy named Dale Lacy; as well as two actors known for iconic roles in Stephen King adaptations: Bill Skarsgård, who plays Pennywise in this year\'s

. Skarsgård, who will be playing the aforementioned Shawshank inmate, was cast in July, before

\'s producers must have had insider information about how scary he can be. Spacek will be playing Henry Deaver\'s mother Ruth, "whose fading memories may hold a key to Castle Rock\'s unsettling past."

\' Scott Glenn will be playing Alan Pangborn, who was the sheriff of Castle Rock from 1981 to 1991 and appeared in the novels (and movies)

The rest is secret: Hulu declined to comment on any other developments for this article. Womp womp.

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