This is a tale of parallel Steves.
And even though they began making their marks at the same time, they have never truly intersected.
Nearly every landmark in one Steves career is matched by the others.
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I dont know how Stephen King and I arent related by blood, says Spielberg, 71.
It didnt work out because it was before the internet and we had a communication breakdown, he says.
King never got the message until it was too late.
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I was on a ship going across the Atlantic to England, he recalls.
It took so long to reply that Spielberg moved on.
Spielberg says he still might.
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I feel that in the very near future, thats going to be our richest collaboration.
Universal bought the book for me, so it wasnt optioned.
It was an outright sale of the book, Spielberg says.
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At that time it was just too rich for TNTs blood, he says.
The Steves have had a few other close calls.
After an eternity of tinkering, they figured it out.
Maybe theres a metaphor in that.
Many years have passed without the two parallel Steves intersecting.
But theres still time to fix that.
