Over the past couple of years Warner Bros. has really struggled to hold a director down for its planned adaptation of the Stephen King epic The Stand. The project has already passed through the hands of David Yates (Harry Potter), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace), and now The Wrap is reporting that Josh Boone (Stuck in Love, The Fault in Our Stars) is making a deal to write and direct.
According to the report, Warner Bros. and CBS Films want Boone to “adapt King’s epic novel as a single, R-rated movie that will be faithful to the book” – although you have to wonder how faithful a single movie can be, unless the studio is intended on delivering an absolutely arse-numbing running time that would put Shoah to shame.
Is Boone the right choice for The Stand, and how do you feel about Warner’s plans to adapt it as a single movie? Let us know in the comments below or head on over to The Flickering Myth Forum…
Originally published February 26, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
