Spielberg and the Duffer brothers produce an adaptation of Stephen King

A trio of shock!

The Duffer brothers, whose

owe a lot to Stephen King and Steven Spielberg, will produce

, an adaptation of the 1984 novel co-written by Stephen King and Peter Straub, for Netflix in association with Amblin Television by Steven Spielberg and Paramount Television. Studios, according to information from

A fantastic novel whose rights Steven Spielberg had acquired in 1982, two years before its release, and which he has been trying to adapt, in vain, for more than three decades.

This book follows the adventures of 12-year-old Jack, searching for a crystal in a parallel world to save his dying mother from cancer.

and

screenwriter Curtis Gwinn

will be tasked with writing the adaptation and serving as showrunner for the series.

No release date has been announced by Netflix at this time.

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