Doug Liman Will Try to Cram Stephen King’s Epic Novel ‘The Stand’ Right into a Single Film

The world already feels prefer it’s on the point of doomsday, so we would as effectively gear up for an additional spherical of Captain Journeys. The Stand, Stephen King’s doorstop-sized 1978 post-apocalyptic novel, is getting a brand new adaptation from director Doug Liman—with a twist. As a substitute of one other sequence following within the footsteps of the 1994 and 2020 versions, this will probably be as an alternative be a function movie.

This information comes from the Hollywood Reporter, which notes that Liman is aboard to direct and produce, however “the mission will now head to writers to pen an adaptation of what’s King’s longest work, with a web page rely of 1,152. It is going to immediately develop into one of many hottest writing assignments on the town.”

To not point out one of the vital nerve-racking writing assignments in latest reminiscence, contemplating “sources say that Liman and the studio have a specific take and that the function could be a one-off, not a multi-movie endeavor.” Given The Stand‘s sprawling story, extraordinarily lengthy listing of characters, and standing as a fan-favorite amongst King’s listing of titles, that seems like a probably difficult endeavor.

The 2020 miniseries, which starred Alexander Skarsgård because the sinister Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as power for good Mom Abagail, had the eerie synergy of arriving on the peak of the pandemic. It even had a new ending written by King himself.  However it in the end left us underwhelmed and got here up quick in comparison with the sooner miniseries, to not point out the e-book itself.

As THR factors out, Liman received’t be the primary filmmaker to try to make The Stand right into a function. Maybe his “specific take” will contain an method apart from trying to compress your entire story right into a 2-hour film. That actually seems like the one approach to go when you can’t unfold the story throughout a number of episodes. Garbage can Man origin story, maybe?

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