television adaptation of his novel will take viewers to “a world they hope will never happen,” the pandemic-featuring series will make its debut on CBS All Access.
On Tuesday, the streaming service announced the nine-episode series will premiere Dec. 17, with new episodes being released every Thursday.James Marsden and Amber Heard star in the adaptation, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Henry Zaga, Brad William Henke, Greg Kinnear, Irene Bedard and Nat Wolff.The series is based on King’s 1978 novel of the same name.
Featuring a virus that is leaked from a lab and kills most of mankind, the story is described as King’s “apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in.