CBS All Access’ The Stand: Release Date, Cast, and More
Stephen King's 1978 post-apocalyptic novel The Stand will be released on December 17 on CBS All Access. The series became a strangely prescient example of art mimicking life when the pandemic broke out in early 2020: many people compared the real event to the circumstances in King's novel. And coincidentally, CBS was forced to stop production on the show in March when the US went into lockdown.
Finally, CBS is ready to bring King's novel to a new generation of viewers in December.
In a press release in August, CBS announced that the upcoming 10-episode miniseries would feature James Marsden (Westworld) and Amber Heard (Aquaman), as well as rising stars Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces) and Henry Zaga, who will appear in Netflix's controversial 13 Reasons Why and the long-belated The New Mutants.
CBS also revealed that Stephen King wrote the final episode of The Stand, which will include a new coda not featured in either the book or ABC's award-winning 1994 mini-series.
In The Stand, Marsden plays Everyman Stu Redman, a survivor of an apocalyptic event in which the remaining men and women compete in a battle between good and evil. Heard will take on the role of Nadine Cross, an ally of the returning enemy of the Kings, Randall Flagg. Young & # 39; s Frannie Goldsmith is described as a "pregnant young woman navigating a strange new world" while Zaga's Nick Andros is "a young deaf and mute man who finds himself in a position of authority when the unthinkable happens . "
The latest adaptation of The Stand has been in the works for several years. The Fault in Our Stars and Josh Boone, Director of The New Mutants, are developing the project with the SEAL team's executive producer, Ben Cavell. According to the deadline, Boone will co-write and direct the 10-episode adaptation for the CBS streaming service.
King's bestseller was previously adapted as a four-part miniseries that aired on ABC in 1994, received six Emmy Award nominations, and won two awards for sound mixing and makeup. King wrote the script for this series.
"I am excited and delighted that The Stand will have a new life on this exciting new platform," said King in a statement accompanying the announcement. “The people involved are men and women who know exactly what they're doing. The scripts are dynamite. The result is something memorable and exciting. I think it will take viewers into a world they hope they never will will occur. "
First published in 1978, The Stand unfolds as an apocalyptic pandemic ravages the world, killing 99% of the population and causing the total collapse of society. As a result, the survivors are forced to choose between the forces of good, led by an enigmatic 108-year-old woman, and loyalty to the evil being named Randall Flagg, who possesses powerful supernatural abilities.
"I read The Stand under my bed when I was 12 and my Baptist parents burned it in our fireplace when we discovered it," Boone said in his own statement announcing the project. "Angry, I stole my father's FedEx account number and sent King a letter saying I loved his work. A few weeks later, I got home to find a box had arrived from Maine. It contained several books Each with a beautiful note on it from God Himself, encouraging me to write and thanking me for being a fan. My parents, really moved by King's kindness and generosity, lifted the ban on his books that same day. I made a cameo to King himself in his first film, and I've been working on bringing The Stand to the big screen for five years. I've made incredible partners in CBS All Access and Ben Cavell, along with Stephen King, Owen King , my longtime production partners Knate Lee and Jill Killington, we plan to bring you the ultimate version of King's masterpiece. "
The Stand is part of a growing number of impressive current and upcoming projects on CBS All Access, including Star Trek: Picard and Jordan Peele's new version of the anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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