Stephen King on The Stand Remake

When news broke about a potential remake of The Stand, possibly no one was more surprised than Stephen King, who was unaware a remake was being considered. Over at Entertainment Weekly, he put together a nice list of 10 things he knows about the remake of The Stand:

"1. No one will be able to top Gary Sinise, who played Stu Redman in the original ABC miniseries. He was perfect. When he says “You don’t know nothing” to the soldiers who are putting him under mandatory quarantine, you believe his contempt completely. My runner-up pick would be Jake Gyllenhaal.
2. I didn’t know anything about the remake until I read about it on the Internet.
3. You absolutely can’t make it as a two-hour movie. If it was a trilogy of films…maybe.
4. Molly Ringwald won’t be playing Fran Goldsmith this time.
5. Rutger Hauer is a little too old to play the Walkin’ Dude, and that’s too bad.

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Of course, things like this happen in Hollywood, but you think someone would have given him the heads up or that they would be interested in consulting with him. To read the rest, check out our source link.