Stephen King makes a cameo appearance (uncredited) in 'The House of the Dead' on an advertisement for Hemingford Home.Kendall Joy Hall as Young Abigail Freemantle.Bryan Cranston as the President of the United States (voice uncredited).Their worst nightmares are embodied by a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the nefarious 'Dark Man. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. The Stand is described in CBS publicity as 'King's apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The first episode was released on on CBS All Access (now Paramount+) on December 17, 2020. In the novel's dedication to his wife, King describes it as a 'dark tale of the ageless struggle between good and evil.' The adaptation alters details (gender, race, age, etc.) of some main characters, moves the setting to modern-day 21st century, and features a new final episode co-written with his son, Owen, making it the third variation of the story's conclusion. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation. The plot centers on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. The Stand is an American post-apocalyptic fantasy television miniseries, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King and a remake to the 1994 adaptation.

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