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Ben Affleck Struggling with Stephen King's "The Stand" AdaptationPosted: November 17th, 2012 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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Warner Bros has been working on a turning Stephen King's "The Stand" into a movie for years. Back in August, David Yates was in talks, but eventually dropped out. And then, just a month ago, Ben Affleck signed on.
In an interview with GQ magazine, Affleck explained how difficult it is to turn such a massive novel (823 pages) into a movie. "Right now we're having a very hard time," he said. "But I like the idea - it's like 'The Lord of the Rings' in America. And it's about how we would reinvent ourselves as a society. If we started all over again, what would we do?"
"The Stand" is a story of good vs evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. While it features dozens of characters (such as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail) and overlapping story lines running over many years, the struggle boils down to a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.
King recently said that he would love to see Jake Gyllenhaal play the lead, adding that he believes the book should be a trilogy of films.
Source: GQ
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KillerCOck writes:
on November 16th, 2012 at 11:05:47 PM
I think it'd definitely work better as trilogy but I actually liked the tv movie more than I should've.
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Deaft0ne writes:
on November 16th, 2012 at 11:41:36 PM
Yeah this absolutely has to be a trilogy with each one being at least 2.5 hours long to give the story justice and to let it breathe.
Sean Bean would make a great Randall Flagg in this new version.
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pornfly writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 12:38:56 AM
DIFFICULT
Try pushin out three Ben Affleck headed kids
Says his wife
you knew it was a massive story
now make three movies and stop bitchin
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Venom1970 writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 3:01:42 AM
The TV movie was very well done, the simple blonde guy was cool :) Year a trilogy and go deeper into the virus.
Agreed DeaftOne Sean Bean gives attitude to anything he does be it good or evil the man has so much movie presence, and gets better with age. I would also bring back Shawnee Smith, she played her part great, with the recent appearances in the Saw Franchise I think she could take that character into a deeper evil place.
Don't personally like Jake Gyllenhaal or his dog ugly sister. As lead I would go more towards someone like Taylor Kitsch who played a very good role imo in Savages.
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Venom1970 writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 3:02:09 AM
*Yeah
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bandolero999 writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 3:38:14 AM
Jake Gyllenhaal is a sh*te actress
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pornfly writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 3:51:06 AM
This movies gonna take 12 years but the Fifty Shades of Gray movies wouldve been on its third spinoff trilogy by then.
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McQueen writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 11:43:08 AM
"Jake Gyllenhaal is a sh*te actress"
Not true, he was really good in the End of Watch.
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Tanman32123 writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 1:01:48 PM
Agreed^
And he kicked ass in Brothers.
I'd like to see these films, Hurry up Ben!
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minkowski writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 1:31:18 PM
Of course you're having a hard time, jackass. You're trying to turn a 1000 page epic book into a single two hour movie.
Either go with a two/three part franchise direction, or distill the book down to its most pertinent and iconic scenes and write a film outline from there.
Shouldn't be THAT difficult, wonder-chin.
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Venom1970 writes:
on November 17th, 2012 at 4:38:06 PM
I have not seen End of watch yet, might need to give it a go. Must admit I enjoyed Source Code. I guess it's the combo of his sister and Brokeback Mountain that's put me off him.
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