THE ONE PERCENT

THE UPCOMING NINE-EPISODE miniseries The Stand arrives feeling eerily relevant. Based on Stephen King’s sprawling 1978 novel of the same name, this epic tale takes place in a landscape ravaged by a mysterious virus that has wiped out 99% of the planet’s population. Production commenced on 19 September 2019 in Vancouver and wrapped early in March 2020, just before the Covid-19 outbreak caused everything and everyone to lock down. As the number of infected people continues to skyrocket, showrunner Benjamin Cavell admits that the pandemic could affect the audience’s viewing experience.

“Obviously, we’ve wondered about that,” Cavell tells . “The answer is it’s impossible to predict. But for me, is not really about a pandemic. The pandemic is the mechanism by which the world gets emptied out and our characters find themselves