Well, this isn't exactly "breaking news" since it's been out for a month now, but it's breaking news to me 'cause I just heard it (thanks Brenda!). They're finally making a movie version of the King/Straub modern classic The Talisman.
Here's the story.
This is absolutely my favorite book of all time. It's my stranded-on-a-desert-island-what-book-would-you-bring book.
I am happy that they've decided to produce it in miniseries format. The story is way too complex to try to pare it down to 2 hours. That would have been a disaster. Three 2 hour movies (LOTR style) would have been the best news of all for Talisman fans, but a 6 hour miniseries will do just fine.
Now to start worrying. On the plus side, they've gotten Spielberg to helm it, and he has a good track record for producing miniseries. Think Band of Brothers and Taken. On the other hand, TNT's track record for producing Stephen King fables has been spotty at best. Remember the horrible Salem's Lot from a couple years ago, and the mediocre at best Nightmares and Dreamscapes?
I was a big fan of Lord of the Rings well before the movies. Peter Jackson did not disappoint, and kept the magic and imagination of those stories alive in a new form. If TNT and Spielberg take a big crap all over The Talisman, it will just ruin everything.
Here's the story.
This is absolutely my favorite book of all time. It's my stranded-on-a-desert-island-what-book-would-you-bring book.
I am happy that they've decided to produce it in miniseries format. The story is way too complex to try to pare it down to 2 hours. That would have been a disaster. Three 2 hour movies (LOTR style) would have been the best news of all for Talisman fans, but a 6 hour miniseries will do just fine.
Now to start worrying. On the plus side, they've gotten Spielberg to helm it, and he has a good track record for producing miniseries. Think Band of Brothers and Taken. On the other hand, TNT's track record for producing Stephen King fables has been spotty at best. Remember the horrible Salem's Lot from a couple years ago, and the mediocre at best Nightmares and Dreamscapes?
I was a big fan of Lord of the Rings well before the movies. Peter Jackson did not disappoint, and kept the magic and imagination of those stories alive in a new form. If TNT and Spielberg take a big crap all over The Talisman, it will just ruin everything.
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