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Doctor sleep, the sequel to stanley kubricks the shining, is out now. Come play with us, mike flanagan the director of geralds game is heading back to stephen king country by signing on to adapt doctor sleep, the authors 20 sequel to the shining, warner. Jun, 2018 ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in the adaptation of the stephen king novel doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. Jun, 2019 stanley kubricks the shining is arguably one of the greatest horror films ever made. Oct 30, 2019 but all this, frankly, is the setup that youd expect from a hohum, letscashin sequel to the shining. Dec 06, 2018 ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance in warner bros. Doctor sleep director on balancing the legacy of kubrick and. This was the reaction from many once they heard doctor sleep was headed for screens in 2019. We were working on another film when the book was published, and i had gone to trevor and said, stephen king wrote a sequel to the shining. The book tandia is a more mature and realistic response to the power of one. Variety is reporting that ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in warner bros. Doctor sleep is also a 20 book by stephen king and was a sequel to his 1977 the shining. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most definitely not a direct sequel to the 1980 film directed by stanley kubrick, which king notoriously hated. In putting danny torrance in a position of power with the help of dick.

Jun, 2018 variety is reporting that ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in warner bros. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20. Movie about shining sequel, doctor sleep, to be released. I had no idea there was a sequel until by chance i looked it up here more than 10 years later. Doctor sleep bridges the gap between the shining movie and. Jan 01, 1992 the book tandia is a more mature and realistic response to the power of one. Geralds game director wants to make the shining sequel. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years.

Aug 03, 2018 shining sequel doctor sleep will be faithful to kings novel. According to a new report from deadline, kyliegh curran has been cast in the role of abra stone in doctor sleep. It tells the story of jack torrance, an alcoholic caretaker who descends into madness one winter and attempts to kill his wife, wendy, and son, dannya child who has psychic abilities and can see the disturbing, violent past of the overlook hotel. Director mike flanagan and producer trevor macy on recreating the overlook hotel, casting the shining doppelgangers and necessary diversions from stephen kings book. Geralds game director hired for the shining sequel. Being able to shine means being able to communicate with others using the mind, and gives people the ability to see things that have happened in the past, or will happen in the future. May 10, 2012 way back in november of 2009 we got word that stephen king was working on a sequel novel to the shining, the book on which the classic stanley kubrick horror film of the same name is based. Stephen kings doctor sleep official teaser trailer hd. The minute i got this book i opened it and never stopped reading till i was done. Doctor sleep is a loving homage to the shining the atlantic. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, is set several decades after the events of the original and combines elements of. He meets a young girl with the same power and works at a nursing home where he learns his gift can aid hospice patients. The shining is the third book published by stephen king. Is stephen kings the shining sequel doctor sleep any good.

A girl named abra begins demonstrating paranormal powers from the time she is a. The shining sequel to star ewan mcgregor as danny torrance. Doctor sleep director on balancing the legacy of kubrick. The shining sequel struggles to salute book and movie at once. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. Shining sequel doctor sleep will be faithful to kings novel. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. Why doctor sleep cant be a true sequel to the movie. Just what was that adorably insane little boy doing. Creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book. The shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter.

Add one more evanescence and the books setup is complete. The book was followed in 20 by the sequel doctor sleep. You witness some real battles of will power in this. Stanley kubricks the shining is arguably one of the greatest horror films ever made. The 20 book doctor sleep picks up where the shining left off and follows an allgrownup danny torrance, who now goes by dan. Way back in november of 2009 we got word that stephen king was working on a sequel novel to the shining, the book on which the classic stanley kubrick horror film of the same name is based. In the book, dan starts to pick up on abras powers very early on, like when. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Jun, 2019 but as exciting as the prospect of a direct sequel to one of the most famous. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most.

The tension between stephen kings 1977 novel the shining and. Those familiar with stephen kings book, and its sequel. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big.

On one hand, doctor sleep is a long, measured, and fairly faithful adaptation of kings work. Nov 08, 2019 the newest movie, directed by mike flanagan geralds game, the haunting of hill house, is the cinematic telling of kings 20 sequel novel which revisits the world of the shining, focusing on. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. Ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in the adaptation of the stephen king novel doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. Doctor sleep the movie is a different animal from the. How doctor sleep connects to the shining, explained collider. The first book the power of one has remained my favorite book out of hundreds read. Plenty of people have watched the shining 1980 to reach the end and find themselves thinking, what exatly was the shine. Doctor sleep is a cover band sequel to the shining. The shining sequel doctor sleep casts kyliegh curran as. With ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson, kyliegh curran, cliff curtis. First trailer for doctor sleep, stephen kings shining.

The book finds danny torrance, the psychic boy who spent one long, deadly winter in the. The late show with stephen colbert via joblo brings word that the upcoming warner bros. Though he strives to assure danny that the images he sees in the hotel are just like pictures in a book and cant hurt him, dick sternly warns danny to stay out of that room. Shining sequel to film on east beach local news the. In both stephen kings and stanley kubricks versions of the shining. In doctor sleep the film, psychic power duo dan and abra lure the movies. Oct 29, 2019 doctor sleep writerdirector mike flanagan explains how his sequel film bridges the gap between stanley kubricks the shining and stephen kings book. Instinctively recognizing that dan shares her power, abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless rose the hat and her followers, the true knot, who feed off the shine of. Plot details revealed for stephen kings the shining. Ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance in warner bros.

Doctor sleep is based on the novel by stephen king, which is a sequel to the shining, one of the authors earliest and most popular novels. Jun, 2018 ewan mcgregor will play jack nicholsons screen son, a nowgrown danny torrance, in doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining adapted from stephen kings book of the same name. Mike flanagan gets the look of his film right, but faithfully following stephen kings disjointed plot drains the. One night, abra psychically witnesses the ritual torture and murder of a boy by the true knot, a group of. In doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining, a now grownup danny works at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying, kings book. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Doctor sleep comes out this friday, the sequel to the 1980 iconic horror masterpiece the shining from director stanley kubrick featuring jack nicholson in one of the most grandiose wildeyed. Its one of those cinematic experiences that threaten to outstrip the. Dick hallorann scatman crothers tells danny danny lloyd that shining is, at its core, a fusion of telepathy and clairvoyance. Doctor sleep, based on the king novel of the same name, will land in. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of suspense stephen king, the bestselling american horror writer, announced today that he will publish a sequel to one. Stephen king explains why shining sequel doctor sleep. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel.

The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets. The book finds danny torrance, the psychic boy who spent one long, deadly winter in the overlook hotel, all grownup and dealing with a. The shining sequel doctor sleep casts kyliegh curran. Just a month after horror filmmaker mike flanagan spoke about wanting to adapt stephen kings sequel to the shining into a feature film, hes been hired to do just that. But as exciting as the prospect of a direct sequel to one of the most famous.

In the novel, one of jack torrances duties is regularly releasing. The book is a sequel to the stephen king horror classic. Doctor sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to the shining book and movie. Courtenay deals with similar issues like racism, injustice and courage, but this time we see it more from the receiving i have rarely been so engrossed in a book, and so consumed by the plight of its characters. I intend to check through bryce courtenays list of novels to see if there is a sequel as the reason i gave it only. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, is set several decades after the events of the original and. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction.

The shining gets a sequel in which danny is now battling some familar demons. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining. Jan 30, 2018 the 20 book doctor sleep picks up where the shining left off and follows an allgrownup danny torrance, who now goes by dan. Apr 17, 2018 how the shining changed horror movies and no one noticed. Nov 07, 2019 on one hand, doctor sleep is a long, measured, and fairly faithful adaptation of kings work. Creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book whatever. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of. A novel the shining book 2 and millions of other books are available for instant access.

Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining now. Stephen king explains why shining sequel doctor sleep needed to happen. The shine is important enough that its the films title, yet its possible to watch the entire movie and not understand exactly what it means. I love this is a sequel to the shining and in the beginning of the book it goes into. Stephen king returns to the characters and territory of one of his. Sep 09, 2019 a sequel to the shining is coming out 39 years later. The book was published by doubleday in january 28, 1977. Ewan mcgregor will play jack nicholsons screen son, a nowgrown danny torrance, in doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining adapted from stephen kings book of. Courtenay deals with similar issues like racism, injustice and courage, but this time we see it more from the receiving i have rarely been so engrossed in a book. Only picked this one up on kindle because it is a sequel to one of his classic books. Why doctor sleep had to end at the shinings overlook. Part of the power of jack torrance as a character, in the original novel, is that his alcoholic rage expressed something deep and mysterious. Like the book, it sets out to reclaim power from the horrors that seemed vast and undefeatable in the shining. On the other, its a loving homage to kubricks film, one.

Its also one of the most iconic images from the shining. Finally, he settles in a new hampshire town, an aa community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Id go so far as to say that even if you havent seen the shining, you likely know that redrum is originally from that film and book. This is a shining example of the power of positive thinking. Years following the events of the shining, a nowadult dan torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as the true knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Sequel filmed to the shining follows danny as a troubled. Aug 15, 2018 in doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining, a now grownup danny works at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying, kings book. Doctor sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to the. According to variety magazine, mcgregor will play a grownup danny torrance, the boy from.

Danny questions dick about what went on in the hotel, and about room 237 in particular as danny can sense that dick is especially afraid of that room. Stephen kings original novel, which was published in 1977, remains one of his greatest its not a tale that needs to be messed with. Doctor sleep is set decades after the events of the shining. Ewan mcgregor to star in the shining sequel doctor sleep. Doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to the shining the new. Aside from its spurious sequel status, its only of interest if you really must find out how danny torrance ended up. Sep 19, 2012 stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of suspense stephen king, the bestselling american horror writer, announced today that he will publish a sequel to one of his most. What exactly is the shine in the shining screenprism. A sequel to the shining is coming out 39 years later. Doctor sleep is a loving homage to the shining the. Stephen king is often regarded as one of the great masters of. Jun, 2019 instinctively recognizing that dan shares her power, abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless rose the hat and her followers, the true knot, who feed off the shine of.

Plot details revealed for stephen kings the shining sequel. Doctor sleep is one of kings later midlevel novels. On the other, its a loving homage to kubricks film, one that painstakingly recreates the. The newest movie, directed by mike flanagan geralds game, the haunting of hill house, is the cinematic telling of kings 20 sequel novel which revisits the world of the shining, focusing on.