The Talisman: The Duffer Brothers To Adapt Stephen King and Peter Straub’s Horror Novel

The Talisman: The Duffer Brothers To Adapt Stephen King and Peter Straub’s Horror Novel

Matt and Ross Duffer have announced that their new production company, Upside Down Pictures is currently working on developing an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s fantasy-horror novel The Talisman. The Duffer Brother’s new production company has taken on a slate of upcoming projects including the Netflix series adaptation of the manga and anime series Death Note.

According to The Duffer Brothers, Upside Down Pictures will “aim to create the kind of stories that inspired the Duffers growing up – stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism.”

The Talisman‘s novel synopsis reads:

“Why had twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer’s mother frantically moved the two of them from Rodeo Drive to a New York City apartment to the Alhambra, a fading ocean resort and shuttered amusement park in New Hampshire? Who or what is she running from? She is dying . . . and even young Jack knows she can’t outrun death. But only he can save her—for he has been chosen to search for a prize across an epic landscape of dangers and lies, a realm of innocents and monsters, where everything Jack loves is on the line.”

Upside Down Pictures will be working alongside Stephen Spielberg‘s Amblin Entertainment on this project. The appeal of this adaptation is off the charts with The Duffer Brothers and Spielberg teaming up to take on an adaptation of a novel by two iconic authors in our generation. There is not much of a downside to what could come of this upcoming project from Upside Down Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.

The Talisman does not currently have a release date or production date but stay tuned as more information on the project becomes available.

Source: THR