Brian K. Vaughan’s involved, so you know full well that I’m invested.
CBS today revealed our first peek at Under the Dome, the drama based on the popular Stephen King novel. I haven’t read the book myself, but after taking a look at the synopsis and the following video, it sounds and looks quite intriguing.
Here’s a synopsis (for the novel, who knows how close we’ll get):
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.
It kind of sounds oddly similar to The Simpsons Movie, but in any case, it looks pretty cool! Watch the first look trailer below, and let us know what you think! Under the Dome‘s 13-part miniseries premieres on June 24th, so you’ve got plenty of time to read the source material.