For a little while now, there’s been plans afoot for another new take on Stephen King’s legendary The Stand. And now, it looks as if said new incarnation of the classic 1978 tale is finally happening.

Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, CBS All Access has ordered a ten-episode season for The Stand. Josh Boone and Ben Cavell are putting the series together; Boone the writer and director behind the upcoming New Mutants movie; Cavell best known for creating SEAL Team. Previously, Boone was attached to develop a Stand movie before the plan was switched to take the action down to the small screen instead.

On this news, King himself enthused, “I’m very excited and so pleased that The Stand is going to have a new life on this exciting new platform. The people involved are men and women who know exactly what they’re doing; the scripts are dynamite. The result bids to be something memorably and thrilling. I believe it will take viewers away to a world they hope will never happen.”

The Stand, of course, was previously given the TV treatment back in 1994. Then, Mick Garris helmed a miniseries that clocked in at just over the six-hour mark in total, with names such as Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Miguel Ferrer, and Ossie Davis starring.

For those not familiar with The Stand, the loose plot centres on a decimated post-apocalyptic world in which a deadly plague has wiped out a huge chunk of the population. Two rival groups form, with the vastly differing views of the leaders of these groups putting both sides on a collision course as good battles evil.

Expect more on The Stand as it continues to develop.