Welcome to the Apocalypse with First Look at Stephen King’s The Stand for CBS All Access

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he Stand, Stephen King’s 1978 novel about a world under fire from a distorted flu pandemic, hasn’t been on TV since its miniseries adaptation in 1994. It picked a heck of a time to return to the screen. The CBS All Access show — starring a stacked cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Greg Kinnear, James Marsden, Amber Heard, Heather Graham, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, and more — is out later this year. Now fans can get a first look at the Stephen King adaptation that’s horror is perhaps the currently most relatable in his entire oeuvre.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, showrunners Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore explained that their show, like the novel itself, isn’t necessarily about the virus. “It’s about the fundamental questions of what society owes the individual and what we owe to each other,” said Cavell. “Over the last however-many years, we have sort of taken for granted the structure of democracy. Now, so much of that is being ripped down to the studs. It’s interesting to see a story about people who are rebuilding it from the ground up.”

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