During Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, fans got their first look at the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand which is set to premiere on the streaming service CBS All Access.
In the 30-second teaser trailer, we are just given a taste of the adaptation with Whoopi Goldberg as Abigail Freemantle followed by flashes of what we can expect from what is sure to be a haunting journey. Also revealed was the premiere date which is set for December 17, 2020. The limited series will take on King’s 1978 book that centers on the author’s apocalyptic vision for a world ruined by a super plague and caught in the middle of the fight between good and evil.
Along with Goldberg, the limited series also stars James Marsden, Jovan Adepo, Amber Heard, Brad William Henke, Katherine McNamara, Daniel Sunjata, Owen Teague, Nat Wolff, Odessa Young, Henry Zaga, Gordon Cormier, Nicholas Lea, Fiona Dourif, Heather Graham, Greg Kinnear, Alexander Skarsgard, Jesse Stanley and a slew of others. You can check out the official key art for the series below.
