Some five years after he first became attached to what was then planned as a feature film adaptation (first as a single movie, then as four movies), filmmaker Josh Boone’s (The Fault in Our Stars) adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand is finally moving forward, albeit as a TV series at CBS All Access. Deadline […]
Stephen King adaptation The Stand reportedly reworked as ten-hour miniseries
Back in January of 2011, Warner Bros. Pictures and CBS Films announced plans to produce a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic The Stand, with the likes of David Yates (Harry Potter), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Scott Cooper (Hostiles) linked to the director’s chair before Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) officially […]
Stephen King talks The Stand and Salem’s Lot adaptations
It’s been a heavy year for Stephen King adaptations, with feature film versions of The Dark Tower, It and Gerald’s Game (with 1922 still to come later this month), as well as The Mist and Mr. Mercedes on the small screen. Next year is set to bring us the Hulu series Castle Rock, while filming […]
Josh Boone’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand on hold
Over the past couple of days we’ve heard that two Stephen King adaptations finally look to have escaped development hell with both The Dark Tower and It set to move forward; however, it seems the same can’t be said for The Stand, with producer Roy Lee telling Collider that the project is in “a holding […]
Stephen King’s The Stand set for eight-part TV miniseries culminating with a movie
It looks like Warner Bros., CBS Films and director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) have seen sense over their plan to adapt Stephen King’s apocalyptic epic The Stand as a single three-hour movie, with The Wrap reporting that negotiations are underway with Showtime for an eight-part TV series that will then culminate with […]
Matthew McConaughey tipped for villain role in The Stand
Matthew McConaughey has been tipped to play the villain of the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand directed by Josh Boone. According to The Guardian, Matthew McConaughey will play Randall Flagg, a grinning cowboy with supernatural powers who establishes a power base in the ruins of Las Vegas. The project is being backed by Warner […]
Josh Boone says The Stand is going to be a four-part adaptation “at the highest level you can do it”
If you were wondering how Warner Bros. and director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) were planning on fitting Stephen King’s apocaltyptic epic The Stand into one single film, it seems we now have the answer… they aren’t. Speaking to Kevin Smith on the Hollywood Babble-On podcast, Boone has revealed that he has convinced […]