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'Fault in Our Stars' Director Josh Boone Gets Stephen King's 'The Stand'
by Ethan Anderton
February 26, 2014
Source: The Wrap
Last August we heard that Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace director Scott Cooper had taken over a new adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand after Ben Affleck had to step away due to his next directorial project Live by Night and his new job as Batman in the Man of Steel sequel. However, it appears Cooper didn't stick with the project either as The Wrap has learned Warner Bros. and CBS Films have zeroed in on Josh Boone, director of the forthcoming The Fault in Our Stars starring Shailene Woodley, to take over the project. He will also adapt the book himself into a single, R-rated film that will be "faithful to the book."
Cooper left the project back in November over creative differences, which is understandable since The Stand isn't all that easy to adapt. For those who don't know, the story is set in a world where the American population has been decimated by a deadly virus and follows a small group of survivors who are waging war against a diabolical Antichrist of sorts named Randall Flagg. It's completely different than Boone's work on the aforementioned teenage, terminally ill romance, but the studio must like his take on the material. Here's hoping Boone can make the material work for a single movie on the big screen. Thoughts?
6 Comments
1
1000 page book into a 2 hour movie... Yikes this has Battlefield Earth written all over it.
James Needham on Feb 26, 2014
2
But this movie was already made;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBbQ3k9I24U
DesignDifferent on Feb 26, 2014
3
Some of Kings works are not suited to movies. This is one of those works.
Brian Sleider on Feb 26, 2014
4
a classic book and one my favorites but the tv version was oke but not great. I could be great if they keep the story centerd on Randal Flagg and red! It could be done....
Avi on Feb 26, 2014
5
Smart & Fantastic Plot
Ehsan Davodi on Feb 26, 2014
6
Really, this has disaster written all over it. R-Rating is nice but a single movie!? There is enough material in the book alone for an entire trilogy! This is one of the most stupidest ideas ever. Get a good cast on board and a trilogy would work. I guess this is one movie am not seeing. Butchered cut and paste version of The Stand a over 1000 pages book crammed into a 2 hour Hollywoodized movie.
Damon King on Feb 26, 2014
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