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Michael Wright, who exited his post as CEO of Amblin Entertainment in September, has just been named President of the premium pay television network Epix. He will start in his new role on December 4 and report to MGM Chairman/CEO Gary Barber. He replaces longtime Epix president/CEO Mark Greenberg, who had been at the helm since the company’s launch eight years ago, and left the post also at the end of September. Wright, who has a long history in cable, having been…...

John Saavedra Oct 16, 2017

Josh Boone will write and potentially direct a big screen adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman.

Stephen King and Peter Straub's fan favourite fantasy novel, The Talisman, is being adapted for the big screen by Amblin Entertainment, according to Variety. It was also confirmed that bigtime King fan Josh Boone, who's busy directing X-Men: New Mutants right now, will write the script. There's also a possibility he may direct the film. 

The Talisman tells the story of a 12-year-old boy named Jack Sawyer, who tries to save his mother from dying of cancer by finding a mysterious crystal known as "the Talisman." His quest leads him into The Territories, a sort of parallel universe of our own that's full of dangers. King co-wrote the novel with horror master Peter Straub (Ghost Story) as well as a sequel called Black House. 

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Another high-profile Stephen King adaptation is officially in the works. Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) has been hired to write, and possibly direct, an adaptation of the author's 1984 novel The Talisman for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. This is one of the most significant King novels that hasn't yet been adapted for the big screen. Or the small screen, for that matter. So it's a big deal, assuming it actually gets made.

The news comes courtesy of Variety, who report that legendary producer Frank Marshall will producer The Talisman for Amblin, with Michael Wright on board as an executive producer. Amblin Entertainment had initially been working on adapting the novel, which was co-authored by Stephen King and Peter Straub, as a TV series, but they recently decided to turn it into a movie instead. Per the report, the movie "follows a boy, who in order to save his mother from certain death,...

Craig Carton, the host of Wfan’s popular “Boomer & Carton” morning show, has been arrested by the FBI for his apparent involvement in a fake ticket scam. Along with partner Michael Wright, the 48-year-old New Jersey 101.5 FM alum is accused of stealing $2 million dollars from investors. The former “Jersey Guy” has been charged with securities fraud and wire fraud. He and Wright are scheduled to appear later today in Manhattan federal court. Carton and his co-conspirator allegedly told investors that they had access to discounted blocks of tickets to sporting and music events, which they could turn around and sell.