Stephen King explains why Talisman Stephen Spielberg’s adaptation has never been made

Stephen Spielberg is one of the most favorite directors in cinema history. Stephen King is one of the most prolific writers in all popular literature. Great cooperation between the two titans always felt a great idea. Spielberg tried very hard for this to happen, because the “Jurassic Park” and “Lincoln” has long been the rights to King and Peter Strab “Talisman”. Despite the 40 years attempts, the film has never materialized. Why not?

Recently King was a guest in the last episode “The Kingcast”, held by Eric Vespe and Anthony Brest (Who took the post of sua). In the episode, the author has never discussed the 1984 Spielberg Adaptation. That’s what the king has to say about it:

“For 40 years, a man Spielberg told about it. Discussions with Spielberg, so to speak, Sid Sheinberg, were very complicated and they were very reasoned. I then drank and did a lot of dope. He was very sure that he was going Take care of Stephen, not let go of Stephen like a child, take too much on his plate. “

Sheinberg was the university at that time, which was attributed to the Spielberg opening and became one of his proxies for many years. As Spielberg explained in an interview with 2018, he opens the right to “mascot” Thanks to the Universal. “Universal bought (Talisman) for me, so it wasn’t chosen. It was an open book sale … I owned a book since 82,” the director explained.

King added in an interview: “I thought well, we talk about an adult here, a creative person, why you just don’t back down and let’s make everyone who may not be familiar, the synopsis for” mascot “reads as follows:

For twelve years, Jack Soyer has been sent to an epic quest from the New Hampshire seaside to find a mascot that will save his dying mother. Jack’s journey leads it on the territory, a parallel medieval universe, where most people from his own universe have analogues called “Twinners”. The Queen of the Territories, the twins of Jack, also dies.

Since then, King has changed the way it processes people who adapt to his work. Usually it will not allow someone to keep the rights for a long time, and it does not allow them to have more than one story at the same time. (Mike Flanaan is allowed to adapt “Wait Life” and “Dark Tower” at the same time is a noticeable exception.) As also explained King in an interview, he does not try to threaten the rights:

“I’ve never blamed people who cause outrageous amounts of money for everything I wrote. I just send it out and you hope something grows up. I never expected” monkeys “, for example, to do so to do so to do so.

In the context, the director of “Longlegs” Oz Perkins in February has its version of the movie “Monkey”. King continued to note that several times had been selected several times by his novels and stories Adaptation of the movie “With the Buick 8”, which at one point was directed by Jim Micomentioned as one example. But none of these other adaptations is as elusive as “mascot” in a small part, because Spielberg retained the right for so long, leaving him in the driver’s seat.

Over the years, other directors have approached, including Josh Boon (“New Mutant”, “Stand”) and Mike Barker (“Tale of the Servant”), which almost received the film adaptation “Talisman” in 2019. However, everything has changed now, and the project is now being developed as a television show, not a movie. It will also be for the streaming service.

Indeed, Netflix cut the deal Spielberg in 2021, which would see the Dafer Brothers (“Strangers”), turning “mascot” into a television show. King said he knows nothing about the current Dafers’ current plans in Netflix, but now they are trying to complete the fifth and last season of “strangers” that comes this year. After that, it seems that this can become their next project, but it will still have to be started.

Netflix “Talisman” TV shows left without the exit date But you can grab a copy of the original book on Amazon.