Thanks to darthlock4 for the heads up.
In addition to movie, Warner Bros., CBS Films and writer-director Josh Boone are in talks to mount an 8-part TV series.
Before it hits a movie theater near you, Stephen King‘s epic postapocalyptic novel “The Stand” will take a revolutionary detour to the small screen, as Warner Bros. and CBS Films are in talks with Showtime to mount an eight-part miniseries that will culminate in a big-budget feature film, multiple individuals familiar with the ambitious project have told TheWrap.
Josh Boone, the “Fault In Our Stars” director who boarded “The Stand” in February 2014, will write and direct the star-studded miniseries, which is expected to start shooting early next year as one cohesive production, according to insiders.
“The Stand” chronicles an epic battle between good and evil after the American population is all but wiped out by a deadly virus. Story follows a group of survivors who fight against an Antichrist-like figure named Randall Flagg.
A miniseries will allow Boone to cover more of King’s epic book than one three-hour movie. The same thinking was once applied to King’s “Dark Tower” series, which never got off the ground, though “The Stand” offers an ensemble-driven story that may be b
Before it hits a movie theater near you, Stephen King‘s epic postapocalyptic novel “The Stand” will take a revolutionary detour to the small screen, as Warner Bros. and CBS Films are in talks with Showtime to mount an eight-part miniseries that will culminate in a big-budget feature film, multiple individuals familiar with the ambitious project have told TheWrap.
Josh Boone, the “Fault In Our Stars” director who boarded “The Stand” in February 2014, will write and direct the star-studded miniseries, which is expected to start shooting early next year as one cohesive production, according to insiders.
“The Stand” chronicles an epic battle between good and evil after the American population is all but wiped out by a deadly virus. Story follows a group of survivors who fight against an Antichrist-like figure named Randall Flagg.
A miniseries will allow Boone to cover more of King’s epic book than one three-hour movie. The same thinking was once applied to King’s “Dark Tower” series, which never got off the ground, though “The Stand” offers an ensemble-driven story that may be b
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Cool idea. I remember with the Dark Tower that one of the many many plans to get it adapted was to do 3 movies with mini-series inbetween.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, it's done better than the last one. But at least it's not on network tv.
ReplyDeleteI liked the original and I loved the book. But I don't know how I feel about this. I would hope it would be good.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. But I wonder if the feature film will only cover the final battle portion of the film while the miniseries will just cover what happened. I rather the entire book was covered by the miniseries.
ReplyDeleteI can see this working for the Dark Tower series, but The Stand as a miniseries we already have and as a movie might work better as a 2-or-3 part movie like LOTR/Hobbit, upcoming Avengers Infinity War, etc. Actually, this news makes me want to track down the existing miniseries and watch it again.
ReplyDeleteSurprised by some of the negative comments. If the filmmakers can pull this off this could be one of the most innovative ways to ever adapt a book, the cinematic scope of a film mixed with the ability to tell the long form story of premium cable.
ReplyDeleteI still wish they could get Dark Tower going but I like the sound of this. Billed as a star studded, action filled event, I think it's going to do great. Now I want to know who the stars are going to be. If it's A list actors, all the better for the buzz.
ReplyDeleteI remember that... and I recall thinking it's not a great idea even back then...
ReplyDeleteI just can't see this working well at all.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few King books or films that I really enjoyed....
ReplyDeleteThat said, I never understand why any project starts off with a plan to do a series and a movie to compile the series. Do a series of movies or do a series on TV - Not both.
I actually think it will be fine. In my mind it is no different than making a prequel series to the movie after the movie is released. The series can serve as the prequel and it should be okay as long as they don't require you to see it to understand the movie.
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