Josh Boone On The Stand, Fidelity to the Novel, Script Status, and Whether He’ll Direct Lestat
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Josh Boone is far from the obvious choice to direct a feature length version of The Stand; but The Fault in Our Stars filmmaker is an ardent Stephen King fanatic, a whole subplot in Boone’s debut Stuck in Love is dedicated to the prolific writer’s output. A bevy of filmmakers have tried and failed to bring King’s seemingly un-adaptable post-apocalyptic novel to the big screen. George A. Romero, David Yates, Ben Affleck & Scott Cooper have all been attached at some point or another. But it seems Boone has finally done the seemingly impossible – the writer/director is now gearing up to direct a “three hour version with an A-List cast across the board.”
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