Stephen King's (and Peter Straub's) The Talisman coming to Netflix

[mchookem 16385]

and Steven Spielberg is on deck!

https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-spielberg-and-the-duffer-brothers-will-take-on-s-1846422004/amp

Spielberg is great. Netflix produces quality shows. i've never seen Stranger Things but have heard nothing but positives.

The Talisman is a long slog...but damn if it's not one helluva story, with one of the top 5 most memorable King characters ever in Wolf. 

biggest drawback...this particular story seems almost impossible to translate to film. i mean...the flipping itself, the boys home and the heartbreak of Wolf, the weird creepy train ride across the 'badlands'...quite the challenge...but i like who's gonna try for once. 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by mchookem
added Peter Straub to title!

[XYZ 2154]

It was about damn time.

[Nivek 16986]

No JJ Abrams, I’m in.

[atomheartbevo 89794]

This is awesome, because it's another Stephen King book I have sitting on my shelf, that I've never read!

[GhostOfTomJoad 9351]

I probably haven't thought about that book in 35 years. I'm pretty sure I got it as an xmas gift or something. Didn't he write it with another author? Dean Koontz?

I'm scraping my brain on this but honestly can only remember one of the characters was a mother and former actress. "The queen of the B's." I don't remember a thing about the plot.

[Longhornstampede 3186]

On 3/7/2021 at 2:49 PM, atomheartbevo said:

This is awesome, because it's another Stephen King book I have sitting on my shelf, that I've never read!

Get off your ass and read this book! It is much more adventure story than horror story even with all the "Kinging" of it. I've read it 3 times and each time was better than before. I read it and wish I could have read it with my eyes closed because of the visuals my mind created taking in the text.

I can't wait for this but almost feel like I'll be disappointed after picturing it I'm my mind so many times, but I'll watch anyways

[XYZ 2154]

On 3/7/2021 at 2:49 PM, atomheartbevo said:

This is awesome, because it's another Stephen King book I have sitting on my shelf, that I've never read!

Start reading it. It is one of the best from King.

[XYZ 2154]

14 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

I don't remember a thing about the plot.

Like many other King stories, it’s about a boy who has to sack up and grow up fast to save the day.

[mchookem 16385]

20 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

I probably haven't thought about that book in 35 years. I'm pretty sure I got it as an xmas gift or something. Didn't he write it with another author? Dean Koontz?

I'm scraping my brain on this but honestly can only remember one of the characters was a mother and former actress. "The queen of the B's." I don't remember a thing about the plot.

you are right, i should correct the title - he wrote it with Peter Straub.

[gyroprotagonist 2595]

it a great story and along with Black House has a ton of ties to the Tower universe.

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

Interesting that there are two different dimensions at work in The Talisman; which is the same thing at play for the Duffer Brothers in Stranger Things.