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The much awaited collaboration between stranger things Creators and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are no longer moving forward with the streamer.
It’s been four years now, five years, since this news came out Matt and Ross Duffer (The Duffer Brothers) were teaming up with Steven Spielberg to adapt Stephen King and Peter Straub’s iconic fantasy novel, talismanAs for Netflix, with very few updates since its first announcement in the trades.
recently Interview with CBR’s Gray Drake during stranger things At the Season 5 press tour, the creators confirmed that the project has been shelved as they walk away from their exclusive partnership with Netflix.
The adaptation has been stuck in “development hell” for decades, with Steven Spielberg holding on to the rights for an extended period in hopes of finding the right way to realize the story. It appears the Duffers have joined the list of creators who couldn’t do it.
“Sadly, Talisman is no longer on Netflix, so we’re not involved in that,” Ross Duffer told the outlet. Matt Duffer added a candid reflection on the ambitious undertaking: “I remember I was, I think it was probably naive of us to think we could crack The Talisman.”
Ross elaborated on the project’s long history of stalled efforts, noting that he read the script for the project when he was in college: “When I interned… at Kennedy Marshall, I remember reading, I think it was a movie script for Talisman. So it’s been in development forever, so I’m sorry we weren’t the ones to break this curse.”
Given the lack of updates over the years, it shouldn’t be surprising that the project eventually shut down. As a general rule, if you don’t hear about a project 3-5 years after the initial announcement, you can probably safely assume it’s not moving forward. There are some exceptions, but this happens often.
Published in 1984, talisman A collaboration between horror legends Stephen King and Peter Straub. The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Jack Sawyer who sets out on a quest to save his dying mother.
As we’ve covered elsewhere, the Duffers have a few more projects lined up at Netflix, plus they’ll be working for Paramount (under a new overall deal) in the future. Death Note is still believed to be in the works with writer and executive producer Abdel-Meguid’s website, borough And something very bad is going to happenBoth are in post-production, confirmed for 2026, and both were also confirmed to be working on an adaptation The Savage, Noble Death of Babes Dion In the summer of 2025.
This is all in addition to at least three upcoming Stranger Things spin-offs Stories of ’85 Scheduled to expire in spring 2026.
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