Stephen King’s “The Stand” is getting a new adaptation, with Paramount securing Doug Liman to direct the new adaptation of the author’s apocalyptic 1978 tome.

The Stand is King’s attempt at making a Lord Of The Rings fantasy epic that follows a dozen characters as a bio-weapon breaches containment and wipes out 99.4% of the Earth’s population.

Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan at the premiere of “The Life of Chuck” during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, 2024. AP, Sept. 6, 2024 ...

As for the movie itself, it was directed by Mick Garris, a King specialist who also directed the 1990s miniseries versions of The Stand and The Shining (among others).

Road House director Doug Liman Is set to adapt Stephen King's epic The Stand as a new Paramount movie. Read more at Empire.

The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Edited by Christopher Golden & Brian Keene. Gallery, $35 (800p) ISBN 978-1-6680-5755-1 ...

Being dubbed the ‘King of Horror’ places an almost unfair level of expectation on Stephen King’s output. In reality he’s done ...

In theaters this weekend: A live-action How to Train Your Dragon, a matchmaker rom-com Materialists, an adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, and Ana de Armas stars in a John Wick spin-off.

It was only in 2020 that the second miniseries adaptation of The Stand arrived on Paramount+ nee CBS All Access, and there have been many filmmakers who have tried and failed to turn Stephen King ...

Warning: Contains spoilers for Stephen King's novel It (and possibly spoilers for the upcoming film adaptation, too). For rampant Stephen King fans like myself, 2017 is set to be a year of ...

Credit: Mashable OK, this is where everything gets a bit complicated. The thing is, many of Stephen King's novels -- and particularly the characters that feature in those novels -- are connected.

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