Back in August, we reported that Harry Potter duo Steve Kloves and David Yates were set to make an adaptation of Stephen King’s, The Stand. It looks like this report was a bit premature, as it has now been reported that Ben Affleck will direct the film for Warner Bros.

According to Deadline, Affleck was chosen by Warner Bros. due to his past relationship with the studio. This makes me wonder, how can somebody have a better relationship with Warner Bros. than the two people who have made the studio more money on a franchise than anybody else, Steve Kloves and David Yates. This makes us think there must be some other behind the scenes activity going on that resulted in the duo being pushed aside.

Here’s the synopsis of Stephen King’s The Stand:

One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that – in the ensuing weeks – wipes out most of the world’s population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.

One question that Movies.com raises is whether or not Steve Kloves will stay on to write the script, despite David Yates no longer being involved. What do you think?