With CBS’s take on The Stand being just one of plentiful Stephen King adaptations currently in development, now comes an update on who’s in talks to star in the series.

Via Collider, X-Men and Westworld star James Marsden is in talks to headline as Stu Redman, the first person discovered to be immune to the god-awful virus that had decimated the landscape of the tale.

Elsewhere, The Ward and Aquaman’s Amber is being lined up to play Nadine Cross, a teacher with a skewed sense of destiny that sees her wanting to be at the side of the story’s nefarious Randall Flagg.

Other names said to be in various stage of negotiations for a role in The Stand are Ghost’s Whoopi Goldberg, Little Miss Sunshine’s Greg Kinnear, Assassination Nation’s Odessa Young and The New Mutants’ Henry Zaga.

The Fault in Our Stars’ Josh Boone and SEAL Team’s Ben Cavell are on writing duties for the ten-episode take on King’s 1978 novel.

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.