"Mute" is a horror short story by author Stephen King, first published in Playboy Magazine in 2007 and included in his collection Just After Sunset (2008). In 2011, British screenwriter Gemma Rigg bought the rights to adapt Mute into a short film directed by Jacqueline Wright and starring Patrick Ryecart, Hugh Ross and Michael Legge. Mute is the first Stephen King film to be shot entirely in Great Britain.