Considering “imagine if E.T. were written by Stephen King” may be the most concise way to describe
Stranger Things, it makes perfect sense that the creators of that hit Netflix show will oversee the adaptation.
Published in 1984,
The Talisman tells the story of a boy who travels in and out of an alternate dimension in an effort to save his mother. He must face "twinners" – parallel individuals on flipsides of a universal split – living in a world populated by werewolves and gunslingers. (Yeah, that story idea should sound vaguely familiar to King fans.)
This project has been a long time coming. So long, in fact, that the journey began before the book was even published. Spielberg acquired the screen rights to the novel in 1982, two years before it was published. The iconic filmmaker then spent 35 years trying to develop it into a film. A little over a decade ago, he switched gears and turned to the small screen, trying to turn