High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following is a list of characters from Stephen King`s novel The Stand. The novel was originally published in 1978, with its narrative set during the 1980s; however, a second edition was released in 1991, is considerably longer than the first version (1,200 pages compared to 800 pages), and is set in the 1990s. The two versions are essentially the same, with the ending of the second version revealing a time period beyond the end of the first version, involving the antagonist, Randall Flagg. The book was also adapted into a television mini-series, starring Gary Sinise, and was released by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network in 1994. Warner Bros. Pictures released an announcement in January 2011 that the company would be producing a movie remake of the King novel.