Stephen King’s thriller ‘Mr. Mercedes’ gets another chance

NEW YORK — One of Stephen King’s most creepy and tense stories was hiding in plain sight. “Hopefully it’s going to get the audience it’s always deserved.” The pitch-dark series — adapted by David E. Kelley and starring Brendan Gleeson — is based on Stephen King’s bestselling Bill Hodges trilogy and follows a retired, ornery detective tormented by a seriously troubled serial killer who announces himself by mowing down dozens of people in line for a job fair in a stolen Mercedes. It was to understand him and get into the skin of him.” Even years after filming, Treadway seems rattled: “That as a process was fascinating, disturbing at times, lingered afterwards — I won’t forget.” While faithful to the books, Kelley and Bender inserted their own ideas to the adaptation. Bender was executive producer and lead director on the ABC series “Lost” but don’t expect many Easter eggs like that show in “Mr. Mereceds,” although there’s a nod to King with the inclusion of the Ramone’s song “Pet Sematary” — also the title of a novel by King — and the writer himself makes a cameo.