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By Stacy Lambe‍ This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Embed Code Now playing Now unfolding on CBS All Access, the latest TV adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling 1978 novel, The Stand, tells the epic saga of good versus evil among survivors after a viral plague decimates the world’s population. At ei...

The Stand: Grade the Premiere of CBS All Access Stephen King Adaptation TVLine 12/17/2020 The past year has made hypochondriacs of us all — and CBS All Access’ adaptation of  The Stand might have you reaching for the hand sanitizer more than usual. The streaming service on Thursday dropped Episode 1 of its nine-part miniseries, based on Stephen King’s popular 1978 novel. (Subsequent episodes will roll out every Thursday.) The drama largely takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, follo...

Chris Vognar December 16, 2020Updated: December 17, 2020, 9:26 pm Owen Teague as Harold Lauder in the CBS All Access series “The Stand.” Photo: Robert Falconer, CBS We’re still knee deep in a pandemic, and you may not be itching to watch one unfold on television. But if you’re going to do it, you might as well do it big. And so there’s “The Stand,” the latest iteration of Stephen King’s mammoth plague novel, which, like most plague fare these days, goes down a littl...

The Stand cast talks their surreal experience making a series about a fictional pandemic during a real pandemic Ethan Alter Back in early January, when the rest of the country was focused on President Trump’s impeachment drama playing out in Washington D.C., the cast and crew of the CBS All Access event series The Stand were having daily conversations about a strange new disease that was generating headlines in Asia. “We started to hear little stories,” Greg Kinnear tells...

The Stand Explores Morality in a Pandemic, and Star Owen Teague Has Advice About It On 12/16/20 at 1:50 PM EST The Stand. There are scenes of people coughing and hospitals overflowing with sick patients all suffering from the same virus—a deadly, highly contagious strain of influenza dubbed "Captain Trips." The ambulance and police sirens ring loud in the streets. The dead bodies pile up. And then comes the silence. Its an aspect of the show thats all too reminiscent, as people all around the...

The Stand EPs on Why the Story Is Not About a Pandemic In Stephen Kings The Stand a horrifying pandemic -- a superflu called "Captain Trips" -- wipes out most of the worlds population and leaves the survivors to not only establish a new world but take a stand in a battle between good and evil. Considering that in real-world 2020 mankind is dealing with its own pandemic, the release of CBS All Access limited series adaptation of the iconic King novel may seem a little eerily timely. However, th...

12/17/2020 CBS All Access caps off our COVID-dominated 2020 with the premiere of a new miniseries adaptation of Stephen Kings post-pandemic allegory about good and evil. On the page, Stephen Kings The Stand (1978) is a study in horrifying momentum. Its so propulsive that King was able to add hundreds of pages 12 years after its original publication without sacrificing the celerity of a narrative that keeps moving from one climax — a burgeoning plague, humanity mobilizing in Boulder, the fin...

The Stand Feels Both Timely and Overwhelming Share Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) summons you...unless youre Team Flagg. (Image: CBS All Access) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. The Stand came out in 2020. Much like the year itself, the story begins with a pandemic and goes on t...

Wash your hands and don that face mask because CBS All Access is on the verge of premiering its modern adaptation The Stand later this week. Based on the classic novel by Stephen King, the miniseries is more relevant than ever, as it begins with the release of a new virus that nearly wipes out all of humanity. That may hit too close to home for many of us these days, but no one could have guessed that a global outbreak of a deadly pathogen would coincide with the shows release. Showrunner Benj...

The Stand showrunner Benjamin Cavell explains the nonlinear approach to the story, and that much-hyped coda sequence.