Doug Liman has been set to take the helm on the adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ at Paramount Pictures.
The story of good vs. evil takes place in an America after a virus wipes out most of the population and follows dozens of characters in overlapping storylines running over many years. And while readers root for the characters, such as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail, the showdown came down to a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg in the wasteland known as Las Vegas.
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Liman will also produce alongside Tyler Thompson of Cross Creek Pictures. The two previously worked together on the 2017 Tom Cruise crime drama ‘American Made.’
The project will now head to writers to pen an adaptation of what is King’s longest work. The story was previously adapted twice as a mini-series, once in 1994 and again in 2020, and as a comic by Marvel Comics.
Liman is currently working on ‘Deeper,’ an underwater supernatural thriller that is being targeted for his longtime collaborator, Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas.
