Scott Cooper made a splash with Crazy Heart and later this year he arrives with Out of the Furnace starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Zoe Saldana among others and now he’s looking at taking on something a little more mainstream and stepping in for Ben Affleck on the film adaptation of Stephen King‘s “The Stand“.
With the Live by Night now presumably on the backburner, there was no time for him to work on The Stand, which with the announcement Cooper is stepping in would suggest the studio is rather serious about getting it on the big screen.
King’s novel was last adapted into a six-hour ABC mini-series in 1994, which is currently available on Netflix Instant Play and stars Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald. The story tells of a plague that ravages the world, leaving behind only a few survivors, and the battle of good and evil that plays out in the aftermath.
Before Affleck, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 director David Yates and Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves were in charge of the project. David Kajganich wrote the original script, which Cooper will now takeover duties on. [THR]
