Stephen King’s THE STAND Will Be A Showtime Miniseries Before It's A Movie

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

By MarkCassidy - Jun 05, 2015 03:06 PM EST
Filed Under: CBS
Source: The Wrap

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.
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xxxxxxx - 6/5/2015, 2:56 PM
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/5/2015, 3:05 PM
Yay <<<<<<<
JamesMann
JamesMann - 6/5/2015, 3:05 PM
So miniseries then movie? Coolio.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 6/5/2015, 3:06 PM
Well, the Cavs are getting swept.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 6/5/2015, 3:07 PM
also i liked old mini series with Gary Sinise, so bring this on.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio - 6/5/2015, 3:07 PM
Good news! I hope it will be a great movie/show and hopefully we will get that IT movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/5/2015, 3:15 PM
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
FrankieDedo
FrankieDedo - 6/5/2015, 3:21 PM
Well, Randall Flagg is coming so....
Kingverse anyone?
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And maybe, a dark tower series? Pretty please?q
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 6/5/2015, 3:28 PM
@LastOfKrypton

...So, what was the point of all that?
Desr0w
Desr0w - 6/5/2015, 3:34 PM
Stephen King is love, Stephen King is life...
Deschain99
Deschain99 - 6/5/2015, 3:48 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.4
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 6/5/2015, 3:55 PM
This is good stuff. Doing a mini-series then movie will allow the story to be fully fleshed out. I'm in.
ManThing
ManThing - 6/5/2015, 4:25 PM
What? Again?
Growler
Growler - 6/5/2015, 5:52 PM
Without a doubt, this is the best way forward for the project.

Showtime and HBO are the only companies that could take this novel and make it properly acceptable to the core audience.
Ignition
Ignition - 6/5/2015, 6:04 PM
@RorMachine @ckal

Boone actually clarified the thing about Wolff, it's not a new character, he just wrote one of the existing characters with Wolff specifically in mind. My guess is Nick Andros.

https://twitter.com/JoshBooneMovies/status/511936095378874368
StevenLaw
StevenLaw - 6/5/2015, 6:26 PM
Matthew McConaughey as Randall Flagg would be perfect. I honestly can't think of anyone better suited to that role.
StevenLaw
StevenLaw - 6/5/2015, 6:27 PM
One question though: Would the film be a complete story arc or just a climax to the mini-series? How in the world would either work?
Abary
Abary - 6/5/2015, 7:24 PM
YES PLEASE. I'm curious to see how this plays out.
Pathogen
Pathogen - 6/5/2015, 8:35 PM
eh... as a fan of old school Stephen King, I never got into this book. The characters seemed lame
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 6/5/2015, 9:24 PM
Please educate me, why would McConaughey sign on for this? What exactly is the big deal about The Stand?
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