Harry Potter director David Yates is in the final phase of negotiations to helm the long awaited adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1978 horror/fantasy novel The Stand, bringing on board his Potter collaborator Steve Kloves as writer.
The last time The Stand was adapted it was as a 1994 TV miniseries spread across four two hour episodes, but the plan is to turn this movie into the first part of a trilogy.
There’s no release date as yet, but we’ll post more news as it happens.