Studio City, California – CBS has ordered 13 episodes of Under The Dome, a serialised drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel of the same name. Under The Dome premieres in summer 2013.

Under The Dome tells the story of a small New England town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers to what this barrier is, where it came from, and if and when it will go away.

“This is a great novel coming to the television screen with outstanding auspices and in-season production values to create a summer programming event,” said Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment. 

In addition to the featured broadcast on CBS, Under The Dome will be available on a multi-platform window for each episode shortly after the network airing. The series will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and worldwide by CBS Studios International.

CBS Television Studios will produce the series with Amblin Television. Neal Baer, Stephen King, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider and Brian K. Vaughan, who wrote the television adaptation, will serve as executive producers while director Niels Arden Oplev will direct the first episode.