The Stand remains one of my all-time favorite Stephen King books. I've read it at least ten times. And while the 1994 mini-series does have a special place in my heart, it hasn't held up well over time.
We've been hearing about a new film adaptation for several years now. Ben Affleck was once attached but he's off doing some movie where's he's dressed as a bat or something. The current directorial duties are with Josh Boone who recently had some interesting things to say about the state of the project.
In a recent interview with "Vulture," Boone stated that the film was definitely going to be a hard "R" and contain an all-star cast, although no word on who would be in it. Boone also went on to say the movie would be a three hour stand alone film and would stay true to the source material. Boone went on record as saying that he's always been a huge fan of the book and cites Stephen King as one of his biggest influences.
I'm kind of torn about this news. On the one hand I'm glad that the project is in the hands of a person so passionate about the book. The fact that he's dedicated to having a strong cast and having the film be R rated is great news. (Can you imagine a watered down PG-13 film? Yuck.) However, I don't see how you do this film justice as a three hour stand alone movie. The book itself (the unedited version anyway) is over 1,000 pages long and even though the mini-series had a six hour plus run time, it didn't cover all the characters or plot points. I think they'd be much better served splitting this film into two, and better yet three films.
Still no time frame on a production start date or a cast.
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