Stephen King's THE TALISMAN adapted by Steven Spielberg (TBD) 0

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Stephen King’s The Talisman show is coming from Steven Spielberg and Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers. Co-written with Peter Straub, the Talisman novel hit book shelves back in 1984. In something of a departure for both the book's authors, the novel entered the realm of fantasy with its story of a boy on a quest through parallel dimensions to find the titular talisman, a crystal which he believes can heal his dying mother.

 

The dark multiverse fantasy of King and Straub's The Talisman ultimately captivated their combined readerships enough to sell 880,000 copies in its first run. But even before the book was released, it had already won a huge fan in Spielberg, who famously secured movie rights in 1982. As late as 2018, Spielberg was still talking about making the book into a movie, and in 2019 it was reported that the movie was going forward with Handmaid's Tale director Mike Barker at the helm.

 

But it seems Spielberg has now given up his quest to make The Talisman come to life as a movie. As reported by THR, the famed director is joining forces with Stranger Things co-creators the Duffer Brothers to instead produce the project as a show for Netflix along with his own Amblin Television plus Paramount Television Studios.

Been waiting for this one! 

[Pitboss]

Took long enough for that book to get attention. One of Kings best. 

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[MR SigS]

Finally! I want to trust Spielberg 

Wolf! Right here and now!

Edited July 7, 2022 by MR SigS

[MetalPSI]

This was one of the staples of Kings books I read growing up

And like all the sequels after his accident, the sequel to this one sucked

I hope the movie stays as true as possible to the source material