Stephen King may be working on the third novel for The Talisman, but we have bad news for the long-gestating adaptation from “Stranger Things“ creators Matt and Ross Duffer. The Duffer Brothers confirmed to CBR in an interview that their adaptation of The Talisman, initially reported in 2021, is no longer moving forward. Ross Duffer told […]
Stephen King may be working on the third novel for The Talisman, but we have bad news for the long-gestating adaptation from “Stranger Things“ creators Matt and Ross Duffer.
The Duffer Brothers confirmed to CBR in an interview that their adaptation of The Talisman, initially reported in 2021, is no longer moving forward.
Ross Duffer told the outlet, “Sadly, Talisman is no longer at Netflix, so we’re not involved.” He continued, “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.”
Published in 1984 and written byStephen King and Peter Straub, the fantasy epic novel is one of the few King stories that has not yet been adapted for film or television. This is despite Steven Spielberg owning the rights to the book since the ’80s, with various planned adaptations taking different forms over the years.
The Duffer Brothers were set to team up with Spielberg, with Netflix producing alongside Amblin Entertainment, but the creators recently set up a new deal with and have set