Why David Yates Turned Down THE STAND |
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Friday, 11 November 2011 21:23 |
The Stand is Stephen King's masterpiece, and that is saying quite a bit when King has so many great novels to choose from. The Stand is one of the most celebrated and critically adored horror novels of all time.
The story begins with a man made flu that is so powerful that it wipes most of the humans and animals on Earth. Less than one percent of the human population survives. Much of the beginning with the superflu focuses on how the flu was made, released to the public, and the failure to contain it.
The second half of the story focuses on two groups being formed, a good group and an evil group. The good group are made up of people that have dreams of a old kind woman that gives them a message of hope, and tells them to come visit her in Boulder, CO. While the evil group is Read more: |