“The Talisman” – The Duffer Brothers’ Stephen King Adaptation Is Not Happening
Back in 2001, it was reported that “Stranger Things” creators the Duffer Brothers, Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Television, and Paramount Television Studios would be adapting Stephen King‘s “The Talisman” book as a series for Netflix.
Unfortunately, Ross Duffer revealed to CBR that the planned adaptation with brother Matt Duffer is no longer moving forward, specifically at Netflix.
“Sadly, ‘Talisman’ is no longer at Netflix, so we’re not involved,” he revealed. “When I interned, when I was really, you know, back in college at Kennedy Marshall, I remember reading, I think it was a movie script for ‘Talisman’. So it’s been in development forever, so I’m sorry that we were not the ones to break the curse.”
The interesting bit here is that it sounds as if Talisman could happen elsewhere, just not at Netflix and not with the Duffer bros.
“The Talisman”, co-written by King and Peter Straub, tells the story of Jack Sawyer, a 12-year old boy who sets off on an epic road-trip quest to save the life of his dying mother. He is in search of the Talisman, a powerful relic that can not only heal his mother but, as he learns, save the world. Sawyer’s journey criss-crosses two realities: the America we know and its dangerous, fantasy-world twin, The Territories.
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