Last summer yielded some hits and misses in ye olde Stephen King adaptation department. Obviously, we had It. Andy Muschietti's adaptation was refreshing, well directed and ideated creatively, and--most importantly--a hit with audiences. It had a modest budget and a hefty box office tally. King properties were hot again. Of course, that was on the heel's of an awful adaptation / continuation of The Dark Tower that bowed in August. No one liked it, and it cost a pretty penny to make and market, especially compared to its clown sibling. Everyone saw this coming. We all know how much people love clowns.
So, the next big thing in the Stephen King adaptation pipeline, outside It's promised part II, is another adaptation of King's epic, post-apocalyptic novel The Stand which ABC famously underwhelmed with a made-for-broadcast-TV adaptation back in 1994. We thought we were getting a movie, but apparently no one learned anything, and now CBS is creating another made-for-broadcast-TV adaptation.
via destructoid https://www.destructoid.com/stephen-king-s-the-stand-coming-to-cbs-as-10-part-tv-series-497198.phtml