Producer Says 'The Stand' Is In A "Holding Pattern," Plans For Companion TV Series Axed

The plans for the new movie adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand" were once quite ambitious with talk of the author's massive novel being split between four movies, along with an eight-episode companion miniseries. However, the project was recently put on hold, and director Josh Boone moved on to another King adaptation, "The Revival" starring Samuel L. Jackson. According to producer Roy Lee, "The Stand" is still being retooled, with the possibility of bringing the massive book down to one, big movie. 

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“Right now it’s just in a holding pattern trying to figure out how to best make the movie because we’ve toyed with breaking it up into multiple movies, making it into one, making it into two. The latest draft, Josh Boone had written it and he was very anxious to make it but since then has written another script,...