Doug Liman will try to put the epic novel by Stephen King ‘The Stand’ in a single movie

The world already feels as if it were on the edge of the Doomsday, so we could well prepare for another round of travel of the captain. The standThe 1978 post-apocalyptic novel The size of a Stephen King door is receiving a new adaptation from the Doug Liman director, with a turn. Instead of another series that follows the steps of the 1994 and 2020 versions, this will be a film.

This news comes from The Hollywood ReporterHe points out that Liman is on board to direct and produce, but “the project will now go to writers to write an adaptation of what is the longest work of King, with a pages count of 1,152. It will be instantly converted into one of the best writing tasks of the city.”

Not to mention one of the most stressful writing tasks in recent memory, considering that “the sources say that Liman and the study have a particular shot and that the characteristic would be unique, not an effort of multiple films.” Given The standThe extensive story, the extremely long list of characters and the state as a favorite of fans between the King titles list, which feels like a potentially complicated effort.

The 2020 miniseries, starring Alexander Skarsgård as the sinister Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as a strength for the good Mother Abagail, they had the strange synergy of reaching the height of the pandemic. He even had a new final written by the king himself. But finally he left us disappointed and fell short compared to the previous miniseries, not to mention the book itself.

As Thr points out, Liman will not be the first filmmaker to try The stand In a characteristic. Perhaps his “particular take” will imply an approach that is not trying to compress the whole story in a 2 -hour film. That really feels like the only way to follow if you can’t spread the story in multiple episodes. Trashcan Man Origin Story, maybe?

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