Overview

• Doug Liman is attached to direct and produce the adaptation alongside Tyler Thompson of Cross Creek Pictures.
• Paramount intends to present the story in a single feature rather than across multiple films.
• The next phase involves recruiting writers to distill the novel’s 1,152 pages into a screenplay.
• Early efforts by filmmakers including George A. Romero, David Yates and Ben Affleck to develop a theatrical version never materialized.
• Since its 1978 publication, The Stand has inspired two television miniseries and influenced a generation of post-apocalyptic storytelling.