

“I’m a huge John Carpenter fan, but on Christine, there’s an aching sadness and deep character development in the book that’s just not in that movie. “The movies based on King’s books that don’t work so well are the ones that don’t take the heart of the characters that beat in the books,” Boone said in 2016. Now, The Stand is back in the place that probably makes the most sense for adapting a novel of more than 1,200 pages, on the small screen. failed to progress on an adaption that might have come from the likes of David Yates, Ben Affleck or Boone himself. The project was originally conceived as a long film series, but rights for the property reverted back to CBS films after Warner Bros. Directed by Josh Boone ( The Fault in Our Stars), who is also presiding over the complicated reshoots of the horror-centric New Mutants, the adaptation of The Stand would join Star Trek: Discovery as one of the marquee programs of CBS’ premium streaming service.


Just how much of a crossover is there between Stephen King and Star Trek fandoms, anyway? That’s what we can’t help but wonder after reading news that Stephen King’s classic post-apocalypse epic, The Stand, is apparently headed for an upcoming TV adaptation via CBS All Access.
