The Stand: The Different Versions of Stephen King s Story Explained
The Stand limited series debuts on the streaming platform on Thursday, December 24th and if the series premiere episode is any indicator, many Stephen King fans will notice some differences between the master of horror s novel and this latest, live-action telling of the dystopian tale which sees a showdown between good and evil among the survivors of a horrific global pandemic. But while any adaptation prompts comparison between the printed page and its big or small screen offspring, when it comes to
The Stand there isn t a direct path or even just one set volume to compare to. King s novel is a unique and somewhat complicated entity itself, one that has seen more than one iteration since its initial publication in 1978 as well as a couple of other adaptations as well. So, ahead of Thursday night s episode, Pocket Savior , here s a breakdown of the various versions of what is arguably King s greatest masterpiec
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Cast James Marsden as Stu Redman; Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith; Owen Teague as Harold Lauder; Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg; Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail; Jovan Adepo as Larry Underwood; Amber Heard as Nadine Cross; Henry Zaga as Nick Andros; Brad William Henke as Tom Cullen; Greg Kinnear as Glen Bateman; Irene Bedard as Ray Brentner; Nat Wolff as Lloyd Henreid
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The end of the world never looked so phlegmy.
Forget the zombies. Forget the giant meteors. Here, the apocalypse comes with a cough and a wheeze. The flu-like disease, called “Captain Trips” by the masses, tears across the planet like a disgusting tsunami, consuming everyone in its congested path. One day you have a little tickle in your throat. The next, you’re dead and probably no one’s alive to bury you. It’s the mother of all pandemics one so terrible to make the Black Death look mild by comparison. Once you get it, you have no hope. Most of the world’s people
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