Over the years, other filmmakers have come close, including Josh Boone ("The New Mutants," "The Stand") and Mike Barker ("The Handmaid's Tale"), who almost got a "Talisman" movie adaptation going ...

From January 30 to February 3, 2012, Univision aired El Talismán at 8pm central, replacing one hour of Una familia con suerte, and later at 9pm central from February 6 to March 9, 2012.