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The Stand EPs on Why the Story Is Not About a Pandemic In Stephen King's The Stand a horrifying pandemic -- a superflu called "Captain Trips" -- wipes out most of the world's 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, the series' executive producers say that just because there's a pandemic in

12/17/2020 CBS All Access caps off our COVID-dominated 2020 with the premiere of a new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's post-pandemic allegory about good and evil. On the page, Stephen King's The Stand (1978) is a study in horrifying momentum. It's 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 final stand — to another. It's generally clear, and it's always churning along. CBS All Access' ne...

The Stand Feels Both Timely and Overwhelming Share Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) summons you...unless you're 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 to showcase some truly awful human behaviour. CBS All Access certainly has timeliness on its side �...

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

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