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The creators of Stranger Things are tackling this amazing Stephen King book next The show runners are heading into King territory.
08 March 2021
You only have to look at the credits of Stranger Things to see that the Duffer Brothers are huge Stephen King fans. The typescript is taken straight from his Firestarter novel and there are King references peppered throughout the show.
King doesn t mind. In fact, back in 2016, he Tweeted that the show was a like a greatest hits of his work and we are inclined to agree. Watching STRANGER THINGS is looking watching Steve King s Greatest Hits. I mean that in a good way.
Stranger Things) are teaming up to finally adapt Stephen King and Peter Straub’s 1984 novel
The Talisman, which Spielberg has been trying to get off the ground for decades. Spielberg has been working on a possible adaptation since 1982, when he got the screen rights, two years before the book was published.
The latest iteration of the project would be a series, which Matt and Ross Duffer would executive produce for Netflix through Monkey Massacre Productions, along with Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Paramount Television Studios. Curtis Glen would be the writer and showrunner. King will also produce, as well as Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey
Stranger Things Creators the Duffer Brothers and Steven Spielberg Are Adapting Stephen King s The Talisman for Netflix
The cult 1984 novel is finally making it to the screen
Stranger Things. Today it was announced the creators behind the insanely successful Netflix series will take on
The Talisman, the 1984 fantasy horror book by Stephen King and Peter Straub. And the Duffer Brothers are even getting some help from
As
The Hollywood Reporter reports, the Duffer Brothers will serve as executive producers via their Monkey Massacre Productions on
The Talisman, which is being produced for Netflix in association with Spielberg s Amblin Television and Paramount Television Studios.