Stephen King has written another new ending to The Stand – but do we need it?

King has already written two endings for his masterpiece and now he’s found a third coda for the TV adaptation. As a fan, I’m wary

Spoiler warning for two of The Stand’s three endings

Stephen King fans, gather ye here: our lord and master has written a new ending to The Stand, his story of a post-apocalyptic world decimated by a superflu that he has called a “long tale of dark Christianity”.

King wrote the “new coda that won’t be found in the book” for the forthcoming TV adaptation starring James Marsden and Amber Heard; CBS’s Julie McNamara told Deadline that “for fans of the book who have wondered what became of the survivors of The Stand, this episode will contain a story that takes us beyond the book to answer those questions.”