Stephen King's Talisman TV Show Update Shared by Duffer Brothers
The Duffer Brothers share a status update on their TV adaptation of Stephen King's The Talisman and discuss their excitement about the project. King partnered with horror writer Peter Straub to release The Talisman in 1984, a lengthy novel about a young boy who travels to a parallel world to find a powerful crystal that can heal his sick mother. Unlike most of King's significant works, The Talisman has yet to be adapted into a feature film or TV series, coming closest in 2019 under the tentative direction of Handmaid's Tale director Mike Barker.
The Barker-helmed movie adaptation fell under the purview of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners, who secured the rights to The Talisman before the book was even released. Given its length (656 pages) and the intricate supernatural elements involved in young Jack Sawyer's journey, studios and filmmakers have viewed a conventional movie as a challenging project to tackle adequately. «Flipping» between alternate universes and featuring a plethora of creatures like werewolves, gargoyles, and living trees would be complex to display on-screen, and the amount of content would demand cuts within a constrained film runtime. In hopes of circumventing those obstacles, Spielberg scrapped the feature film idea in favor of a Talisman series led by the Duffer Brothers.
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The Duffers finally discuss the project's status in an interview with Deadline after taking over in March 2021. The Talisman appeared inStranger Things season 4, read to Max by Lucas after Vecna attacked the former and left her in a comatose state. On the subject of its influence and the upcoming adaptation, the Duffers gush about their King fandom and how The Talisman's
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