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In the late ‘70s, Stephen King set out to write an epic American story to rival The Lord of the Rings. Taking inspiration from news stories involving chemical-biological warfare, King wrote of a ruthlessly lethal flu-like virus and the lucky (or unlucky) few who survive it. The resulting book, The Stand, is King’s longest and one of his most beloved. The Stand been adapted a few times, first as a miniseries in 1994, then as a comic book in 2008. Currently, CBS All Access is airing a TV version of the classic tome. Every adaptation of The Stand features a wide array of characters, ...

The Stand EPs Explain the Series' Changes from Stephen King's Book The Stand adaptation debuted on Thursday taking viewers once again into Stephen King's unsettling post-apocalyptic classic but while the story of a world ravaged by a horrific pandemic may be familiar this latest adaptation offered up some key changes from page to screen. Most readily apparent was the story structure, but there are some bigger changes on the way as the series continues, including a more diverse cast and some gender swaps as well. According to executive producer Benjamin Cavell says is about making The Stand r...

Performer of the Week: Kaley Cuoco TVLine 12/19/2020 THE PERFORMANCE | As intense as her performance was during the Episode 6 meltdown, the dramedic thriller’s eighth and final episode gave Cuoco something new and differently engaging to do: play Cassie Bowden as someone just a bit more sober, and thus a bit more able to sincerely engage with those around her. And we were rapt. Take the scene in which Cassie caught up to fellow fly girl Megan at her Rome hotel room, to finally be honest and recognize the fact that after so many years of traveling the world together, yes, they are

CinemaBlend Stephen King has created some wild characters over the course of his career, but few compare to Donald Elbert a.k.a. The Trashcan Man in The Stand. A schizophrenic pyromaniac who finds himself roaming an near-empty world thanks to his immunity from the Captain Trips virus, his entire arc in the book is basically about just letting his freak flag fly and giving in to every psychotic impulse that his id produces. Thanks to Trashy’s extreme eccentricities, there is extreme curiosity abound about how he will be portrayed in the new adaptation hitting CBS All Access, and based on...

The Stand: Odessa Young Calls the Series' Timing a "Strange Turn of Events" When The Stand debuts on CBS All Access Thursday, December 17th, the adaptation of Stephen King's iconic novel about good versus evil that just so happens to see humanity decimated by a pandemic will arrive at a time when the real world is dealing with an actual pandemic. It's unexpected timing for the long in the works series, that was filming just as COVID-19 began to spread earlier this year and according to series star Odessa Young, life imitating art made for a strange turn of events.