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There have inevitably been a few changes to the characters and situations in CBS All Access’ new version of The Stand, premiering in December, but one of the key ones regards villain Randall Flagg.

Adapter Benjamin Cavell has told Variety that “we still don’t know who gave him his power, but we see that it rises and falls based on the strength of his acolytes’ faith in him. Flagg is terrifying not only because of the things that make him more than human, but also because of his quintessentially human thirst for power and his apparent willingness to do anything to gain and maintain it.”

Cavell has also addressed the issue of releasing a miniseries about a pandemic’s effects in the middle of a pandemic. “Our story imagines the collapse of all national boundaries,” he says, so “we see people reduced to their basic humanity and see how different groups approach the task of rebuilding. That’s a pretty universal lens… For me, ‘The Stand’ has never been about a pandemic, but about the battle that follows between good and evil for the soul of what remains of humanity.”

Click here to read the full interview which also details some of the other changes.

Click here for the trailer and other details