David Yates to direct The Stand

Laurel and Sturdy, Bogey and Bacall, Pacino and P Niro... all can be viewed as great Hollywood double functions, but none of them have quite the cash-spinning pedigree of David Yates and Steve Kloves.Getting partnered to record-breaking impact on the final three Harry Potter films, the happy couple are actually set to tackle another weighty tome as Stephen King's The Stand.Warner Bros want to determine the horror maestro's apocalyptic epic converted into a multi-film franchise, and therefore are presently in talks with Yates and Kloves to consider over as director and film writer correspondingly.Clocking in in a whopping 1,472 pages in paperback form, The Stand is just one of King's most ambitious books. It informs the storyline of the global disaster including the accidental discharge of a flu-like virus that leaves a persons population absolutely decimated. Within the barren remains of the items used to be America, various children make their way meticulously towards the couple of remaining metropolitan areas offering shelter.It's interesting to determine Warner pressing ahead with that one, especially given that they have been expected to get another King adaptation, The Dark Tower, following the project's collapse at Universal.Nevertheless, The Stand would provide a more workable proposition (considering the fact that it's one book, instead of seven) and would still fit multi-film hole left through the departing Potter.Source: HitFixAre Kloves and Yates a great fit for that Stand? Tell us below.