Alfie Allen, 'The Institute' Daemian Smith Christine Suarez/MGM+ EXCLUSIVE: Tony and Emmy-nominated Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) has joined the Season 2 cast of The Institute, MGM+'s thriller horror series based on the Stephen King novel. Production is underway on the forthcoming season in Halifax. Allen will play Nolan Reeves, an eccentric European tech billionaire and one of the Institute's financial backers with an ambitious agenda all his own.