'The Talisman' Demo Reel Based on Stephen King's Book
A green director makes an aggressive attempt for attention
SlashFilm came across an impressive demo reel created by Canadian director Mathieu Ratthe who took it upon himself to write, direct and produce a 6:30 minute demo reel based on the opening chapter of "The Talisman" written by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The rights to the film adaptation have been held by Stephen Spielberg for what seems like forever with directors such as Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) and Ed Zwick (The Last Samurai) dropping off the project in the past. In 2006 TNT announced the book would be turned into an epic, six-hour adaptation of the story with Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key, The Ring) adapting the story. Word was that the adaptation would hit television screens in summer of 2008, but I can only assume if that was actually the case that the writers' strike put a huge kink in the works.
So, this leaves everything in limbo as far as I know, but with Ratthe's short, which actually runs only 4 minutes before the 2:30 minute credit sequence, some eyes may once again open.
He managed to get Cameron Bright (X-Men 3, Birth, Godsend) to star as 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 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, the Queen of The Territories.
Check it out below:
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I must say that was interesting. I love SK's books eventhough the movies most always leave something to be desired. I would like to see more
Just to let you know I enjoyed the demo and posted a link to your page on my blog. I've just finished reading this book again after a hiatus of some years and wouldn't mind watching a movie based on the book, after seeing the demo. Although the Jack in the demo does not seem to match the Jack I imagine.
i know i agree the jack i imagine doesnt seem like the jack in the video
trailer looks kinda cool….characters are all wrong. and that scene never happened in the book. but still kinda cool
I like it, oh, can't wait to see the adventure, but this is not no meer 360min, oh this is much more, the story is very violent, what a epic adventure so many twist and turns, I hope they do this movie perfectly than what they did to the stand or to Desperation they did a very horrible job it was a very great injustice. Well just have to see.