Stephen King’s THE STAND Will Be A Showtime Miniseries Before It's A Movie
Big news for fans of King's post-apocalyptic horror novel: The Wrap report that director Josh Boone, Warner Bros., and CBS Films are in talks to put an 8-part The Stand TV series together for Showtime
It seems The Stand will once again be adapted for television before it becomes that highly anticipated movie we've been hearing about. According to The Wrap, Warner Bros., CBS Films and writer-director Josh Boone are nearing a deal to produce an 8-part Showtime miniseries based on Stephen King's acclaimed novel, which will then find its way to the big screen at some point. Apparently King will be involved in some capacity, along with producers Roy Lee and Jimmy Miller.
The original plan was to condense the 900-page novel into just one movie - quite an undertaking as anyone who's read it will attest to - but evidently those involved saw sense. You may remember the ABC miniseries back in 1994 with Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald among others? That ran over 6 hours and still didn't manage to cram near enough in.
We had heard that The Fault In Our Stars' actor Nat Wolff had signed on to play a character created specially for the first movie adaptation, but it's unclear if that'll carry over to this TV show. Matthew McConaughey was also rumored to be circling the villainous role of Randall Flagg, but we haven't heard anything on that since.
Once he takes The Stand, Josh Boone will turn his attention to Fox's New Mutants flick, and then Universal’s adaptation of Anne Rice’s Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles.