The Duffer Brothers and Netflix are a match made in heaven, or should we say the Upside Down, especially after this latest story as Deadline is reporting that the Stranger Things duo are opening a division at Netflix, called Upside Down Pictures. In the report, Deadline notes that the Duffers will have Hilary Leavitt run […]
Steven Spielberg and The Duffer Brothers to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman
Having snapped up the rights to Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman was back in 1982 – two years before the book’s publication – it seems that Steven Spielberg is finally ready to move forward with his adaptation of the fantasy novel. As reported by Deadline, Spielberg and his Amblin Television are set to […]
Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman movie adaptation finds a director
According to Collider, veteran TV director Mike Barker (Fargo, Broadchurch, The Handmaid’s Tale) is set to direct a big screen adaptation of the 1984 fantasy novel The Talisman from Stephen King and Peter Straub, which is being produced by Amblin Partners and The Kennedy/Marshall Company. The Talisman follows a young boy who embarks on a […]
Steven Spielberg still hoping to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman
Back in 1982, two years prior to its publication, filmmaker Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to The Talisman, a fantasy novel from Stephen King and Peter Straub. As King notes in a piece over at Entertainment Weekly, “several times [Spielberg] came very close to making it”, and it seems the filmmaker isn’t ready to give […]
Josh Boone writing script for Stephen King’s The Talisman
This year has been a pretty big one for fans of Stephen King’s works. The Dark Tower and It were released earlier this year and on the television side there is the upcoming Castle Rock series while Mr. Mercedes has been renewed for a second season. Fans have more to look forward to, however, as Variety has reported Amblin Entertainment has […]
