Harmony Jones
The ambitious film adaptation of Steepen King’s “The Stand” just got even more ambitious.
According to writer/director Josh Boone (talking to Kevin Smith’s Hollywood Babble-On Podcast), looks like the book will now be separated into four films.
I really wanted to do an A-list actor, really grounded, credible version of the movie,” says Boone. “…I sold [Warner Bros.] on a single, three hour movie… So what happened is the script gets finished, I write it in like five months. Everybody loves it. [Stephen] King loves it. $87 million is what it was budgeted at. Really expensive for a horror drama that doesn’t have set pieces… They came back and said ‘Would you do it as multiple films?’ and I said ‘F–k yes!’…So I think we are going to do like four movies.
“I loved my script,” Boone continues, “but I was willing to drop it in an instant because you’re able to do an even truer version this way… I can’t tell you anything about how we’re going to do them or what’s going to be in which movie. I’ll just say we are going to do four movies, and we’re going to do ‘The Stand’ at the highest level you can do it at with a cast that’s going to blow people’s minds. We’ve already been talking to lots of people, and have people on board in certain roles that people don’t know about. We’re looking to go into production next year, maybe in the spring.”
Previous reports suggested Matthew McConaughey was being sought to play villain Randall Flag, the character Jamey Sheridan played in the mini-series.
Via ‘/Film‘
