The Stand.
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Alexander Skarsgard will be the Big Bad — Randall Flagg aka the Devil — in the latest adaption of Stephen King’s The Stand, filming in Vancouver this Fall/Winter.
Filming of the CBS All-Access series starts next week in Vancouver.
Filming dates: September 16th to March 11th.
Working Title: Radio Nowhere.
In a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, he fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.
Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, James Marsden, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg, Odessa Young, Henry Zaga, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke and Daniel Sunjata.
Whoopi Goldberg will play 108-year-old Mother Abagail.
James Marsden will play Stu Redman, a Texan with an immunity to the superflu. Taken in by government authorities he ends up in New England where he escapes and meets up with Glen Bateman, Frannie Goldsmith and Harold Lauder.
Odessa Young is pregnant Frannie Goldsmith who leaves Ogunquit, Maine with Harold Lauder and meet Stu Redman on the road. They eventually travel west together to Mother Abagail. During the journey, Redman and Young become a couple.
Amber Heard is Nadine Cross, a conflicted woman but one compelled by her allegiance to Randall Flagg.
Owen Teague is Harold Lauder, who goes in search of survivors with Frannie Goldsmith after the superflu hits Ogunquit.
Greg Kinnear is Glen Bateman, a former professor who dreams of Mother Abagail and joins Redman and the others on their journey to Boulder.
Jovan Adepo is Larry Underwood, a musician who is one of the few survivors in New York City. After a long journey and meeting other survivors along the way, he ends up in Boulder.
Henry Zaga is young deaf and mute Nick Andros who finds himself in a position of authority.
Brad William Henke will play developmentally disabled Tom Cullen,
Nat Wolff is Lloyd Henreid, a killer trapped in prison and freed by Randall Flagg to be his right-hand man.
Katherine McNamara is Julie Lawry, a small-town girl with a wild side who is one of Lloyd Henreid’s conquests in Las Vegas.
Daniel Sunjata is Cobb, a member of the military who is assigned to supervise Stu Redman as the government searches for a cure to the superflu breakout.
Hamish Linklater is Dr. Ellis, a military colonel and infections-disease specialist.
Heather Graham is Rita Blakemoor, one of the few survivors in New York City who leaves with Larry Underwood.
Eion Bailey is Teddy Weizak, a superflu survivor and member of the body crew, in Boulder.
Writers/Producers: Josh Boone – Ben Cavell.
Directer: Josh Boone.
I read The Stand under my bed when I was 12, and my Baptist parents burned it in our fireplace upon discovery. Incensed, I stole my Dad’s FedEx account number and mailed King a letter professing my love for his work. Several weeks later, I came home to find a box had arrived from Maine, and inside were several books, each inscribed with a beautiful note from god himself, who encouraged me in my writing and thanked me for being a fan. My parents, genuinely moved by King’s kindness and generosity, lifted the ban on his books that very day. I wrote King a cameo as himself in my first film and have been working to bring The Stand to the screen for five years. I’ve found incredible partners in CBS All Access and Ben Cavell. Together with Stephen King, Owen King, my longtime producing partners Knate Lee and Jill Killington, we plan to bring you the ultimate version of King’s masterwork. — Josh Boone.
Stephen King is writing the last episode of the new 10-episode adaption, with a new coda not found in his novel.
Sources: Collider, Deadline, BC Production List, Deadline, Production Weekly.