With Stephen King’s The Dark Tower being adapted into a series of movies and TV seasons, the prolific novelist’s remaining untapped materials are big fish in a small pond. And it looks like Warner Bros. and CBS Films have made the best catch of all – The Stand.
Originally published in 1978 (but later updated and expanded in 1990), the novel follows several groups across a post-Apocalyptic America. King has stated that he intended the book to be a Lord of the Rings-style epic, only set in the USA, and any adaptation would have to be treated as such. The story follows dozens of characters across the country in a basic good-vs-evil struggle with all the necessary bombs, themes, morality and spiritual demons you’d expect from a Lord of the Rings-type King.
However, WB and CBS are in the process of finding a writer and director for the movie. Usually I’d chide them for putting the carriage before even buying a horse, but at least there’s decent source material at the heart of the project. I mean, if you’re not going to have an original idea, steal something interesting. That would make a nice coffee mug…
Source: Hollywood Reporter
