Kajganich Takes Up The Stand For Affleck

"The Invasion" and "Blood Creek" scribe David Kajganich has been hired to work on the script for the proposed Ben Affleck-directed film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand" says Vulture

The novel, first published in 1978 and then revised in 1990, tells a story of good vs. evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. The survivors end up fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.

There was that six-hour mini-series adaptation in 1994 while Marvel produced an acclaimed Comic Book adaptation.

Roy Lee will be producing the pic which at one time had David Yates and Steve Kloves, who worked on the Potter series together attached to the project.

Kajganich has also worked on the screenplay for the long thought of-feature film adaptation of King's It