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“The Stand” miniseries reveals sneak peek

Stephen King’s next awaited project is the new CBS miniseries “The Stand” that is based on his 1978 post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel. “The Stand” takes you to a world in a pandemic created by a man-made super-virus (Captain Trips) that takes out nearly the entire human population.

“The Stand” was originally a TV series in 1994 and was supposed to be adapted into a movie in the 2010s before directors (including Ben Affleck, Scott Cooper, and David Yates) walking always from the project entirely. CBS stepped in and turned “The Stand” into an exclusive miniseries for the CBS streaming platform.

New photos from #CBSAllAccess’ remake of Stephen King’s #TheStand have been released. pic.twitter.com/7j3YIjfmxq

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“The Stand” has yet to secure a release date but it is slated to be released later this year featuring a star-studded cast including Alexander Skarsgård (playing Randall Flagg), Whoopi Goldberg (Mother Abagail), and Natt Wolff (playing Lloyd Henreid). The original 1994 miniseries was written by King and had a limited budget, with the 2020 miniseries having everything it needs to have better production quality including a new ending written by King himself.

During an interview about the new project with Vanity Fair, King said that they planned for the miniseries without the knowledge of the increased popularity of TV shows and movies surrounding pandemics. King feels that more people are looking forward to new things to watch with many practicing social distancing or adhering to “stay-at-home” orders.

Vanity Fair has debuted the first pictures from CBS All Access’ #TheStand, a series based on the Stephen King novel that centers around a pandemic after the emergence of a weaponized human-made virus. The show stars Alexander Skarsgård, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg and Nat Wolff. pic.twitter.com/l48BE5Qy7Y

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“The Stand” production managed to wrap production before the COVID-19 pandemic forced all on-going movies and TV shows to stop filming. King hopes that the themes of the new miniseries will help people overcome loss, grief, pain, and working together to survive.