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XemaSab

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19. Not sure how breaking it into 4 makes sense...?

Wed May 6, 2015, 01:55 AM

May 2015

Unless part 1 is the spread, part 2 is the coalescing, part 3 is the community, and part 4 is the stand. But the book itself is in three parts.

I really, really, really hope that they film on location. King set the book in some of the best landscapes in North America, and it would be a shame to limit that.

This is just off the top of my head, but Jake Gyllenhaal, JK Simmons, Felicia Day, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo Di Caprio, Benedict Cumberbatch, Miley Cyrus, Neil Patrick Harris, Kurtwood Smith, Nicolas Cage, Salma Hayek, and RPattz. I got nothing for Mother Abigail.

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Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Planned as Four Movies; Director Teases A-List Cast [View all] LanternWaste May 2015 OP

I vote Sean Penn Aerows May 2015 #1

I was thinking Steve Buscemi. LanternWaste May 2015 #4

An excellent choice discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #8

Or maybe Christopher Lloyd discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #10

I think Christopher Lloyd would make a better Glen Bateman than Trashcan Man. Aristus May 2015 #12

You're right discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #13

Crazy enough, but too old. Aristus May 2015 #14

Kevin Costner would make a good Glen Bateman XemaSab May 2015 #18

He would be a great pick for that role. AngryOldDem May 2015 #32

Just get it right. PeteSelman May 2015 #2

I hope they don't fuck it up, like that TV series version of "The Dome." (nt) Paladin May 2015 #3

I read both the abridged and unabridged when they were released discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #5

When King had it re-released, he restored some 600 pages that had been edited out pinboy3niner May 2015 #6

The unabridged was just under 1200 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #7

That's the onlly version I ever read. hifiguy May 2015 #16

Yes, I have read both versions also. n/t RebelOne May 2015 #15

Any thoughts on actors? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #17

I had the enjoyment of introducing a co-worker to the book last year. LanternWaste May 2015 #25

A big highfive on that discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #26

My initial thought for Nadine was Lizzie Caplan and Mandy Patinkin as Glen Bateman LanternWaste May 2015 #27

OT Have you read or seen Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #28

I've seen the 1970's production, but have never read the book (hangs head in abject shame) LanternWaste May 2015 #29

Not an issue; both are great discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #30

I had to read "The Stand" for a lit course. AngryOldDem May 2015 #33

It is a good source if you want to see how things have changed - hedgehog May 2015 #9

I hope they leave out the whole sequence with Trashcan Man's encounter with The Kid. Aristus May 2015 #11

That's one of my favorite parts of the book, no joke. MicaelS May 2015 #36

Not sure how breaking it into 4 makes sense...? XemaSab May 2015 #19

Mother Abigail = CCH Pounder discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #22

The miniseries divided it pretty well into four intuitive parts I thought. LanternWaste May 2015 #24

I liked the Gary Sinise version enough Puzzledtraveller May 2015 #20

i don't know why people have thought through the years ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #21

Molly Ringwold's Frannie peacefreak May 2015 #23

Micheal Madsen would make a great Randall Flagg azurnoir May 2015 #31

I thought it said A-list cats Sanity Claws May 2015 #34

why? it was already filmed as tv four parter Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #35