Josh Boone May Tackle Stephen King's "The Stand"

The Wrap reports that The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is in early talks to helm the film adaptation of author Stephen King's "The Stand". He has a long relationship with King and his feature debut “Stuck in Love” included King’s voice.

The novel, first published in 1978 and then revised in 1990, is divided into three parts and begins with a pandemic that leads to the death of an estimated 99.4% of the world’s human population. The book chronicles the cross-country odysseys undertaken by survivors who are drawn to Boulder, Colo., and Las Vegas, where they end up fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.

Boone is the latest to hover around the project after the departure of "Crazy Heart" and "Out Of The Furnace" director Scott Cooper. Cooper vacated the job over "creative differences," after conning on to re-write "The Invasion" and "Blood Creek" scribe David Kajganich's draft--and direct the project earlier this year after Ben Affleck dropped out. Kajganich has also worked on the screenplay for the long thought of-feature film adaptation of King's It. David Yates and Steve Kloves, who worked on the Potter series together attached to the project. Paul Greengrass was even rumored in the mix at one point to put the story on film

Jimmy Miller and Roy Lee are still slated to produce.

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