Stephen King's THE TALISMAN Movie Moves Forward With NEW MUTANTS Director Josh Boone

Josh Boone, the director of Fault of Our Stars and the upcoming New Mutants movie, has signed on to write and possibly direct the big screen adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel The Talisman.

The Talisman is one of my favorite Stephen King books and I'm shocked that it hasn't been adapted into a movie yet! The story follows a boy who enters a parallel world known as the territories on a mission to find a powerful talisman to save his mother from death. 

Frank Marshall is producing the film fro Amblin Entertainment and I hope that Josh Boone is up to the task to take on the challenge of adapting it. This seriously could be an incredible film, but it has to be done right with the right talent on board. Maybe Boone will be able to pull off! Only time will tell. 

Boone is also attached to write and direct Stephen King's big screen adaptation of The Stand, which is currently on hold. With the success of IT, I imagine that The Stand won't be kept on hold for much longer.  Below you'll find a description of the story along with a fan made short film that was made back in 2008:

On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America--and into another realm.

One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother's life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essential, but the journey means even more. Let the quest begin. . . . 

Here's the fan made short:

"The Talisman - "DEMO SCENE" is based on a novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub. My main objective for creating this piece is to demonstrate my directing ability and my vision to the producers who own the rights to the story: STEVEN SPIELBERG & KATHLEEN KENNEDY.

Source: Variety