Ben Affleck to direct new adaptation of The Stand

I am a bit confused by this one. It's just not something I would have ever pegged Affleck to do.
And unless this will be another miniseries there is no way they can do it justice with one film. They would have to do at least two films and each one would have to be pretty long. The miniseries alone is like 6 hours long.

I'm worried they are going to ruin one of my favorite things.

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