Peacock acquires Stephen King crime drama ‘Mr. Mercedes’

Stephen King is awarded the National Medal of Arts on September 2015. King's series "Mr. Mercedes" is moving to Peacock. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

Sept. 22 (UPI) — NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service has acquired Stephen King crime drama series “Mr. Mercedes.”

The first two seasons of “Mr. Mercedes” will stream exclusively on Peacock starting on Oct. 15. The premiere of Season 3 will be announced at a later date.

“Mr. Mercedes” aired on AT&T’s Audience Network before the station ceased operations.

Mr. Mercedes, based on King’s bestselling Bill Hodges trilogy of novels, stars Brendan Gleeson as a retired detective who is tormented by a serial killer, portrayed by Harry Treadaway.

Kelly Lynch, Jharrel Jerome, Mary-Louise Parker, Holland Taylor, Justine Lupe, Breeda Wool, Scott Lawrence, Ann Cusack, Jack Huston, Tessa Ferrer, Maximiliano Hernandez and Nancy Travis also star.

King wrote the series, alongside David E. Kelley, who also serves as executive producer and Sophie Owens-Bender. Jack Bender serves as director.

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