Warner Brothers inks Ben Affleck to direct Stephen Kings' The Stand

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According to MTV Movies Blog, Warner Brothers inked Ben Affleck to write and direct Stephen Kings' The Stand. The original The Stand (1994) television adaptation confronted a deadly virus that wiped out the world. Virus movies such as The Stand frighten people because they attack the religious belief system which questions their faith in God. We realize that deadly disease outbreaks are possible in our world. Ben Affleck previously won an Academy Award for Good Will Hunting, which he shared with his best friend Matt Damon. Warner Brothers selected a great director and writer to remake The Stand.

The Stand is about a virus that sweeps the world, killing off a large percentage of the world's population. The remaining humans must fight to survive the wrath of the devil through maintaining their biblical beliefs. The Stand is expected to be released in theaters in 2013. Ben Affleck is currently writing the screenplay. He will then prepare to direct The Stand with a mystery crew that hasn't been named yet. 

The end of the world film will be a huge project for Ben Affleck. His Gone Baby Gone and The Town movies are quality dramas with artistic appeal. We can expect Ben Affleck to deliver The Stand to moviegoers with Stephen Kings' book intact. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are nonetheless tough novel to screen adaptations that proved to be wildly successful. The same holds true for Stephenie Meyers' Twilight novels that captured the essence of the two main characters.    

The Stand is an end of the world movie due out in 2013, a year after the Mayan Calendar predicts the end of the world. Warner Brothers selected Ben Affleck to write and direct the end of the world movie, a genre which Ben Affleck starred in with the massive Armageddon asteroid movie in 1998. Get ready to watch a scary depiction of the end of the world in Ben Affleck's The Stand. 

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