Epix will develop Chapelwaite season 2. The horror series is an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story Jerusalem’s Lot, a village also featured in King’s novel Salem’s Lot (adapted into Tobe Hooper’s 1979 miniseries), released three years before the short story. The series stars Adrien Brody as Charles Boone, a whaling ship captain who returns to his ancestral home of Chapelwaite with his three children following his wife’s untimely death. The series was generally positively received and was one of the standout projects on Epix in the latter half of 2021.

Variety shares Epix’s development slate coming out of the Television Critics Association’s 2022 winter press tour, including Chapelwaite‘s season 2 announcement. Preliminary plot details state that “the new season will reveal that the Boone family’s curse didn’t die with Jakub (Christopher Heyerdahl) and that De Vermis Mysteriis remains as powerful as ever.” This synopsis pertains to season 1’s primary antagonist, the vampire Jakub, who Charles, his partner Rebecca Morgan (Emily Hampshire), and a small army manage to kill before Charles departs with De Vermis Mysteriis, a Lovecraftian book and the catalyst behind the Boone curse.

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Chapelwaite season 2 will likely continue following Charles, who is now a vampire after sacrificing himself to act as the immortal guardian of De Vermis Mysteriis. This tragic decision to end his mortal life is a means to prevent his children and further generations of Boones from being hunted by the undead that want to use the evil book for their nefarious purposes. Since Charles left Chapelwaite and the surrounding towns of Preacher’s Corners and Jerusalem’s Lot with De Vermis Mysteriis in tow, season 2 could find the series going to new locations, which would be yet another change from King’s short story.

Other cast members include Hugh Thompson as Constable Dennison, Gord Rand as Minister Burroughs, and Steven McCarthy as Stephen Boone. Jason Filardi and Peter Filardi serve as co-showrunners and Executive Produce alongside Donald De Line. Stay tuned as more information about Chapelwaite season 2 emerges.

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Source: Variety

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