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Late in 2014 it was announced that The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone was hired by Warner Bros. to helm a new adaptation of the the classic, post-apocalyptic Stephen King novel The Stand.
Deadline:
Josh Boone, who since directing the hit adaptation of the John Green novel The Fault In Our Stars has been scripting to direct such high-profile projects as the Anne Rice novel adaptation of Vampire Chronicles and X-Men: The New Mutants, has found what he hopes will be his next film.
On spec and in concert with producer Michael De Luca and author Stephen King, Boone has penned an adaptation of Revival, based on King’s 2014 bestseller about a charismatic preacher who loses his faith when his wife and child are killed in a tragic accident. Unhinged from the religion that grounded and gave him a conscience, the preacher becomes ruthless in his experimentation into the healing but dangerous power of electrical current, positioning him to act as God-like faith healer and opening a terrifying Pandora’s Box.
are we ever going to see a theatrical version of the stand? or better yet the talisman.
i'd rather not a theatrical version. Netflix, HBO or SHowtime 10+ part mini-series. it's far too big for a theatrical release (just don't do what they did to under the dome). revival on the otherhand is ripe for theatrical because it's really not that complex a story to tell or translate to the big screen where the stand is filled with interesting characters and such. i'd prefer they were true to the story as opposed to cutting things out in favor of time.
TheGuardian: Matthew McConaughey is tipped to take the role of villainous Randall Flagg in The Stand, a Hollywood franchise based on the 1978 Stephen King novel. Backed by Warner Bros, The Stand will be released as four standalone pictures directed by Josh Boone. Discussing the project on Kevin Smith’s podcast, Boone described The Stand as “the Godfather of post-apocalyptic thrillers.”
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The long-gestating film adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand is now set to be split into multiple movies.
Following King's hint last month, The Stand's director Josh Boone revealed on Kevin Smith's Hollywood Babble-On podcast that Warner Bros. liked the idea of King's epic novel being packaged as an event movie series rather than one long feature. So now, the project, which was once a "a single, R-rated movie," has become a four-film series.
the stand was an epic miniseries in the 90's and i only remember some characters and the plot i would say some casting choice given in the article are a safe bet but it would be better to cast up and coming actors with potential to take the role so the viewers will concentrate more on the story especially those who have not seen or know the plot of the original.