CBS Unveils Uncomfortably Familiar First Look at The Stand Miniseries
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We can only imagine that the higher-ups at CBS are thanking themselves right now that someone decided many months ago that the 2020 version of Stephen King’s The Stand should start some time after the country is destroyed by a killer viral pandemic. The devastation wrought by the deadly “Captain Trips” germ will no doubt still be difficult to watch for many Americans, given that fact that our own COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, but at least it won’t be a major focus of the mini-series, as it is in King’s original 1978 novel. That might have just been too much to bear.
Audiences are now getting their first look at this new version of The Stand, which has been quietly biding its time at CBS All Access for a while now, but has a Dec. 2020 release date. Sporting a true ensemble cast, including the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Greg Kinnear, Heather Graham, Nat Wolff, Amber Heard, Alexander Skarsgard and many others, The Stand is an epic tale of post-apocalyptic survival, in which those who were immune to the deadly virus struggle to pick up the pieces afterward, while a madman takes advantage of the situation to bring about the ultimate conflict.