Now playing: A very covid Christmas
Steven Zeitchik, The Washington Post
Dec. 18, 2020
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A scene from Adam Mason s film Songbird. The movie is one of several pieces of entertainment that tackle the coronavirus this month, raising interest and questions.STXfilms
This time of year tends to bring a reliable set of entertainment staples: Hallmark romances, cozy celebrity musical specials, theaters asplash with stories of cute kids and their dogs.
But 2020 is topsy turvy. And it wants to make an important addition to the canon: pandemic jitters.
Amid the cheer that Hollywood finds so profitable this time of year, some of its most proven moneymakers now believe in a different idea. This weekend, the midsize studio STX will release Songbird, a (fictional) story of a society gone amok a few years further into the coronavirus. The movie, which will debut for sale on digital platforms, is produced by Michael Bay, who has made studios billions with the Transforme
From Songbird to The Stand, Hollywood wants us to watch covid pandemic stories
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In a certain light, Stephen Kingâs
The Stand exists as a living document. The post-apocalyptic novel was originally published in 1978, but the author has taken multiple opportunities to change the text. In 1990 an unabridged version of the book was published, adding about 400 pages to the story as it was originally published, and a few years after that he personally took on the task of adapting the material as a six-hour miniseries.
More than a quarter century has passed since that last update, but now King has made further revisions in the form of a new coda that will air as the final episode of the new miniseries on CBS All Access. Itâs an exciting development for all Constant Readers, and now making it only more anticipated is the revelation that the character at the center of the new âchapterâ will be Fran Goldsmith â played by Odessa Young in the new adaptation.