James Marsden Lands Lead Role in Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ TV Series

James Marsden has a new TV show in the works!

The 45-year-old actor will be playing the lead role of Stu Redman in the upcoming TV adaptation of the horror novel The Stand, Deadline reports.

Based on the post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King, The Stand “vividly outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare and causes an apocalyptic pandemic which kills off the majority of the world’s human population.”

The nine-episode limited series will be debuting on CBS All Access, with Josh Boone directing all of the episodes.

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