I don’t know about you, but a virus series is the last thing I want to sit through right now.
Then again, a lot of people flocked to Contagion, Outbreak and
#Alive has apparently done well for Netflix.
The Stand is a 9 part adaptation of Stephen King’s 1978 novel (another screened in just 4 parts in 1994) ironically completed filming just before COVID-19 gripped much of the western world. King has written a new coda for his story.
The limited series comes with an impressive cast, including Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear in its ensemble and cameos or supporting roles from J.K. Simmons, Heather Graham, Bryan Cranston and more. Just who is the hero of the series seems to shift, including from teen writer Harold Lauder (Owen Teague) to Stu Redman (James Marsden) and, in episode 2, musician Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo) …and there is a gravitation towards Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) whose all-knowing wisdom is a magnet for lost souls.
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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 either end of what executive producer Ben Cavell calls “the forces of light and dark” are 108-year-old
Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and the sinister
Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård), who have drawn a sprawling, eclectic group of followers played by the likes of
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 show s release. Showrunner Benjamin Cavell (
Justified,
Sneaky Pete) will tell you