The Stand: How The End Differs from Stephen King s Book
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The Stand debuted on CBS All Access Thursday with the premiere episode of the nine-part limited series, The End , introducing viewers to a handful of the main characters for this dystopian story while also revealing how the world as those characters know it ends. However, while the series is a largely faithful adaptation of Stephen King s epic novel of the same name, there are some key differences from the page to the screen and we re breaking down some of the major ones we spotted in this premiere episode.
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The Stand was officially unleashed across streaming screens around the world as of today, and viewers have another preview to help get them up-to-speed before The End begins. In the opener, our survivors begin to find their ways down one of two different paths- one to Mother Abagail (
Whoopi Goldberg) in Boulder, Colorado, and the other to Randall Flagg (
Alexander Skarsgard) in New Vegas. But with the fate of humanity at a crossroads, each of them will be called upon to take a stand.
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A deadly virus, a devastating pandemic and a divided America. Rings a bell? No, we re not talking about the COVID-19 pandemic but the latest Stephen King adaptation. Presenting the mystical and apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the nine-episodic limited series is all set to enthrall fans of the dark fantasy novel first published in 1978 by Doubleday.
In the televised version, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård), the Dark Man.
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The Stand has arrived, with its first episode landing on CBS All Access this week. Itâs an exciting time for fans who have been watching the project move ever so slowly through development â but itâs also a key time to provide a reminder that the show isnât going to be a carbon copy of its source material. Factors including the book being multiple decades old and having been previously adapted are going to influence certain new choices made by the filmmakers. And thatâs clearly evident in the series premiere, titled âThe End.â
So what exactly has been changed? The true answer is quite a number of things, but primarily there are eight key differences that we found between the book and the show. Some of them are significant, and some of them are just simple alterations, and weâve dug into all of them below.