[Laughs] I mean, we shot in six states, it was 100 shooting days, we had 126 speaking parts. Meanwhile, Randall Flagg, who possesses supernatural abilities, creates his own totalitarian society in Las Vegas with psychopaths as his lieutenants. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." I knew we needed something really potent. Follow Dead Entertainment for all the latest on this release and the upcoming limited series reboot. Some of the few who are immune also die, unable either to accept the loss of their loved ones or to survive in a world where they must fend for themselves. Plus, I Know What You Did Last Summer gets the green light, You adds to its Season 3 cast, and more. Today, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment announced that Mick Garris and Stephen King’s television mini-series adaption of The Stand will finally be receiving a Blu-ray release on September 24th, 2019. Harold plants a bomb in the house where the committee is to meet. Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates keep the past alive in this latest 8-bit delve into the Bloodstained world. Plus, a Creepshow animated special is on the way, Hulu drops the first Helstrom trailer, Lucifer returns to production, and more. Contest: To Celebrate THE STAND on Blu-Ray, We’re Giving Away 2 Copies Autographed by Mick Garris! These include Larry Underwood, a disillusioned pop singer; Nick Andros, a deaf-mute; Tom Cullen, a kind-hearted, mentally disabled man; Nadine Cross, a teacher in her 30s who is still a virgin; and Ralph Brentner, a good-natured farmer. I looked at that for a while and then typed: No more gas shortages. One of those shots just goes right in on the clouded-over dead eyes of a female lab worker there. Cynthia Garris was born in Hollywood, California, USA. However, writing a workable screenplay proved difficult, due to the novel's length. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you get involved in The Stand?MICK GARRIS: When I did Sleepwalkers [the 1992 werewolf movie, directed by Garris and written by King], King and I really had a great creative meeting of the minds. On his most recent Post Mortem podcast from Fangoria, Mick Garris celebrated the 25th Anniversary of The Stand miniseries (which he directed) with a very special guest indeed: None other than Stephen King himself, the literary mastermind behind The Stand and countless other modern horror offerings. I just remember feeling like I was pushing the boat up the mountain. [15] In August 2011, director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves, known for their collaboration on the Harry Potter films, were hired to direct/write a multimovie version of The Stand,[16] but left the project in October 2011, as Yates felt it would work better as a miniseries. For the time being, little is known about this "brilliantly restored" 2-disc Blu-ray release or what features it might hold, but we'll be sure to pass along any information whenever we hear more. The Stand, the 1,152-page novel published in 1978, is Stephen King’s ultimate portrayal of the forces of good against evil after an apocalyptic pandemic consumes the majority of the world’s population, leaving only a few thousand survivors to either claim allegiance to the “Dark Man” in Las Vegas, Nevada, or follow the path of God to Boulder, Colorado with the fate of mankind at stake. From the jungle emerge a dozen dark-skinned men with spears who eventually bow down and worship him. [26], In September 2017, King talked of doing an extended TV series on Showtime or CBS All Access. August 19, 2020, 8:00 am. Suddenly, all 600 of them swarmed him. Moments before they are about to be torn apart via dismemberment, the Trashcan Man drags in a nuclear warhead (to try to atone for having blown up all of Flagg's experienced pilots), and an act of God detonates the bomb, destroying Las Vegas, as well as Larry and Ralph. And I like him a lot. His people worship (and fear) him as a messiah and submit to his iron-fisted dictatorship. The Stand was highly appreciated by reviewers and is considered one of King's best novels. In Danse Macabre, King writes about the origins of The Stand at some length. Mick Garris discusses the making of his epic Stephen King adaptation 'The Stand,' which first aired in 1994 and is getting a new Blu-ray release. To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. When telling this story, King sardonically observed that the bomb saved the book, and that he only had to kill half of the core cast to do this. That’s one way I thought of starting all this. } Glen refuses to grovel before Flagg, and when he taunts Flagg, Lloyd kills him under Flagg's orders. } catch(e) {}. They fear that the child will succumb to the superflu. The eight-hour, four-part miniseries was penned by King himself and starred Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, and Rob Lowe. Parts of the miniseries were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah State Prison, Sundance, Orem, Provo Canyon, and Salina in Utah. © Watchr Media • All rights reserved, Stephen King Uses The Stand as a Contemporary Warning for Our Times. The Stand, alternatively known as Stephen King's The Stand, is a 1994 American television post-apocalyptic horror miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The land of Mordor ('where the shadows lie,' according to Tolkien) was played by Las Vegas.[4]. The end is nigh! So it was sort of choreographed like a music video, but as an elegy. He then becomes sociopathic and schemes to harm the couple. This exciting revelation arrives rather unexpectedly after hope was seemingly lost when we previously learned that the miniseries director felt less-than-optimistic about the likeliness of ever seeing the popular adaption receive a restored high-definition release, stating, “The cost of going back to the [16mm] negative and conforming it [to 35mm] and making an HD output of it would be prohibitive, especially because physical media is something that people are not particularly interested [in] anymore.”. _g1.setAttribute('src', _g1.getAttribute('data-src') ); if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { It’s going to be a 10-part, and I’m dying to see it. [5] Eventually, he reached the conclusion that the heroes were becoming too complacent, and were beginning to repeat all the same mistakes of their old society. I love the idea that it’s happening anew and it will be really interesting to see how it is perceived because it’s on CBS All Access, which does not have the most gigantic audience at this point… But I’m excited to see what happens.”. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-inverted-source'); I’ve never seen Molly Ringwald better!’ It was like, I think it might be connecting with people.”. He’s been keeping me apprised. The survivors share The Dreams (Part 2). Today, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment announced that Mick Garris and Stephen King’s television mini-series adaption of The Stand will finally be receiving a Blu-ray release on September 24th, 2019..
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