Marilyn Manson and Stephen King are collaborating

90s ‘shock rocker’ Marilyn Manson is teaming up with horror writer Stephen King for a recent novel adaptation.

The news came in a recent interview with Revolver when Manson let slip that he was involved with CBS All Access’ forthcoming miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand.

“Shooter [Jennings, actor] and I did a cover of ‘The End’ by the Doors for a new miniseries of The Stand by Stephen King,” he said, “which I’m also going to be acting in.”

This won’t be the first time Marilyn Manson has taken to the television- he recently had a starring role in the new HBO series The New Pope, played a porn actor in David Lynch’s Lost Highway, ‘The Stranger’ in Jawbreaker, and a few bit parts in Sons Of Anarchy, Californication, and Let Me Make You A Martyr in 2017.

The Stand

Stephen King’s The Stand, was first released as a novel in 1978, is one of Stephen King’s most iconic, and longest, stories. Stephen King’s website describes the story:

“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.”