Stephen King Shares His Excitement and Optimism Over the New Adaptation of THE STAND
Here we are folks, in the prime Stephen King remake time. It seems like everything of his is getting a remake or even a first edition adaptation. In the past few years we’ve had The Dark Tower, Carrie, Pet Sematary, It, as well as the series Mr. Mercedes and Castle Rock to name a few.
Looking at King’s IMDB page is staggering. He has 64 titles that he is somehow involved in that are in development or production. It’s pretty crazy! But it’s also pretty cool because so many of the old film adaptations of King’s movies were made for TV and were hindered by low budgets and by censorship. So it’s nice for fans and King himself to see this series and movies get proper adaptations.
In a recent interview on the podcast Post Mortem, King talked a bit about his feelings on his upcoming project, The Stand. Here’s what he had to say:
“I like [showrunner] Josh Boone’s work, I actually worked with him on his first feature. And then he did The Fault in Our Stars, which I thought showed his grasp of the medium. And I like him a lot. I like his reach… his ambition for [The Stand]. Really the thing I’m most excited about is, first of all, we’ve got two more hours to tell the story. And second, we’re free of all those things that held us back with [the original mini-series]. Not only is the budget bigger… we’re free… in terms of language, in terms of violence… in a way that we weren’t with the original.”
He went on to comment on where things are in the production of the project, saying:
“CBS All Access would really like this to work. And they’ve put a lot of muscle behind it. So I’m hopeful. But it’s early days yet… so. The casting isn’t complete. My son Owen has written some of the scripts, and they’re terrific. So. It’s good.”
All that sounds pretty great! It has to feel good to be doing this project right alongside the writer of the original content. Both he and the director, Boone, have the same goals and hopes for the end result, so that’s awesome. It will be cool to see how it all turns out.
We will keep you posted as information becomes available. Are you a fan of The Stand? Who would you like to see cast?
via: CB