Stephen King adaptation is heading to TV, and the subject couldn't be more timely. CBS All Access has revealed that its limited series adaptation of The Stand, King's apocalyptic story about the aftermath of a devastating plague that wipes out 99 percent of mankind, will premiere on Thursday, Dec.
17, with new episodes dropping weekly.The Stand is one of King's best-known books and centers on a group of people who band together in Boulder, Colorado, after surviving the deadly virus Captain Trips.
Though they want to live in harmony under the leadership of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg), they'll have to gear up for a battle of good versus evil against the supernatural villain Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard) and his.
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