Wed Dec 06, 3:07 AM ET
Following last year's limited series "Into the West," TNT is getting into business with Steven Spielberg again, this time to bring the Stephen King-Peter Straub novel "The Talisman" to the small screen.
The cable channel said Tuesday it has given the go-ahead to a six-hour limited-series adaptation of the novel, first published in 1984. "Talisman" centers on a boy who goes on a quest through this world and a parallel world known as the Territories, experiencing good and evil in each. His goal is to obtain a mysterious talisman that will save his dying mother's life as well as the life of her "twinner," Queen Elizabeth of the Territories.
The project, set to premiere in summer 2008, will be executive produced by Spielberg and his frequent partner Kathleen Kennedy along with Ehren Kruger ("The Ring"), who will adapt the novel.
Discussions about a second collaboration with Spielberg and his DreamWorks banner started after the 12-hour "West" aired in summer 2005, said Michael Wright, senior vp original programming at TNT and TBS.
DreamWorks previously had been developing "Talisman" as a feature film. Before that, the project was being developed as a miniseries at ABC.
TNT has adapted two other King books: The four-hour "Salem's Lot," one of 2004's top-rated cable movies, and "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," an eight-part anthology series that aired this summer.
Spielberg's other longform TV credits include HBO's "Band of Brothers" and Sci Fi Channel's "Taken."
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I loved The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub!
The down side is like most books that are made into TV or movies, there's always the possibility for literary dissection. But in this case, I'm really excited about this project.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Spielberg brings King's "Talisman" to TNT
Wed Dec 06, 3:07 AM ET
Following last year's limited series "Into the West," TNT is getting into business with Steven Spielberg again, this time to bring the Stephen King-Peter Straub novel "The Talisman" to the small screen.
The cable channel said Tuesday it has given the go-ahead to a six-hour limited-series adaptation of the novel, first published in 1984. "Talisman" centers on a boy who goes on a quest through this world and a parallel world known as the Territories, experiencing good and evil in each. His goal is to obtain a mysterious talisman that will save his dying mother's life as well as the life of her "twinner," Queen Elizabeth of the Territories.
The project, set to premiere in summer 2008, will be executive produced by Spielberg and his frequent partner Kathleen Kennedy along with Ehren Kruger ("The Ring"), who will adapt the novel.
Discussions about a second collaboration with Spielberg and his DreamWorks banner started after the 12-hour "West" aired in summer 2005, said Michael Wright, senior vp original programming at TNT and TBS.
DreamWorks previously had been developing "Talisman" as a feature film. Before that, the project was being developed as a miniseries at ABC.
TNT has adapted two other King books: The four-hour "Salem's Lot," one of 2004's top-rated cable movies, and "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," an eight-part anthology series that aired this summer.
Spielberg's other longform TV credits include HBO's "Band of Brothers" and Sci Fi Channel's "Taken."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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I loved The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub!
The down side is like most books that are made into TV or movies, there's always the possibility for literary dissection. But in this case, I'm really excited about this project.
Following last year's limited series "Into the West," TNT is getting into business with Steven Spielberg again, this time to bring the Stephen King-Peter Straub novel "The Talisman" to the small screen.
The cable channel said Tuesday it has given the go-ahead to a six-hour limited-series adaptation of the novel, first published in 1984. "Talisman" centers on a boy who goes on a quest through this world and a parallel world known as the Territories, experiencing good and evil in each. His goal is to obtain a mysterious talisman that will save his dying mother's life as well as the life of her "twinner," Queen Elizabeth of the Territories.
The project, set to premiere in summer 2008, will be executive produced by Spielberg and his frequent partner Kathleen Kennedy along with Ehren Kruger ("The Ring"), who will adapt the novel.
Discussions about a second collaboration with Spielberg and his DreamWorks banner started after the 12-hour "West" aired in summer 2005, said Michael Wright, senior vp original programming at TNT and TBS.
DreamWorks previously had been developing "Talisman" as a feature film. Before that, the project was being developed as a miniseries at ABC.
TNT has adapted two other King books: The four-hour "Salem's Lot," one of 2004's top-rated cable movies, and "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," an eight-part anthology series that aired this summer.
Spielberg's other longform TV credits include HBO's "Band of Brothers" and Sci Fi Channel's "Taken."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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I loved The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub!
The down side is like most books that are made into TV or movies, there's always the possibility for literary dissection. But in this case, I'm really excited about this project.
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