He is known for giving film buffs one of the most memorable movies in the history of cinema, ET. And now Steven Spielberg is again set to recreate magic on the screen with his new production, Talisman.
Spielberg's production company Dreamworks has teamed upwith TNT to create a six hour miniseries adventures in a parallel universe and demonic forces.The movie is an adaptation of Stephen King's and Peter Straub's book The Talisman,. and is slated to premiere on TNT in summer 2008.
Written in 1984, The Talisman tells the story of Jack Sawyer, a boy who goes on a quest through this world and through a parallel world known as "The Territories," experiencing both good and evil in both of them. His goal is to obtain a mysterious talisman that will save his dying mother's life, as well as the life of her "twinner," the Queen of The Territories.