You dont have to be a fan of horror to appreciate stephen kings masterful new novel. When writing doctor sleep, stephen king had to be reminded of things from the shining hed forgotten. The director behind one hour photo and never let me go is a filmmaker with a vision. Doctor sleep, based on the king novel of the same name, will land in theaters on january 24, 2020. Doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by mike flanagan. Goldmans involvement with doctor sleep comes shortly after the casting of matthew. Stephen kings the shining sequel is his best novel yet. The shining is based on stephen king s 1977 novel by the same name, and he wrote a followup, doctor sleep, which was published in 20. Stephen kings new novel doctor sleep first look telegraph. The shining sequel doctor sleep release date moved forward. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Although most of his books exist in a shared universe the shinings dick hallorann appears briefly in it, just to name one example its one of the few direct sequels hes written in his career. And by the time i went to bed that night, i had the whole book in my mind. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20. Carry on is the sortof spinoff to rowells previous novel fangirl. Stanley kubricks the shining is one of many horror fans favorite stephen king adaptations, which makes the upcoming sequel adaptation, doctor sleep, a highly anticipated event. But that, king says in an interview, was a deflective thing. Doctor sleep, a direct sequel, will be released this november, and just released its first trailer. Stephen kings new book, doctor sleep, is a return to the territory of the shining and features an interactive cover. 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. Years following the events of the shining, a nowadult dan torrence meets a. On halloween comes doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. But this also exists very much in the same cinematic universe that kubrick. Stephen king finally reawakens danny torrance in doctor. It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining.
To prep for the role, mcgregor dove into kings book more than he relied. Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining sequel horror movie plot. Why doctor sleep had to end at the shinings overlook. The shining sequel tries to serve two masters doctor sleep attempts to please both stephen king and fans of stanley kubricks movie. Published in 2009, doctor sleep is the sequel to kings seminal horror novel the shining, which was published in 1977. Doctor sleep is a sequel to shining movie and stephen king. So our job is to thread the needle and take the best of the dna from both of them and hopefully bring that to the audience today in a fun and. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time.
The book is a sequel to the shining, the movie adaptation of. And chances are youve still watched some of the movies they made based on his books, like it or the shining, to name just a few. The shining sequel sets mike flanagan to direct youtube. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. The highlyanticipated followup to stephen kings iconic haunted hotel film, the shining, has just earned a release date. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining. Before doctor sleep, there was the shining, a classic of modern american horror from the undisputed master.
Academy awardwinning screenwriter akiva goldsman will adapt stephen kings doctor sleep, the sequel to the horror classic the shining, for warner bros. In 20, bestselling author stephen king released doctor sleep, a literary sequel to the story told in the shining. If you havent read amish books, this book is a good first book for you because it is so rich with the amish culture and vocabulary. The shining is considered by many to be the greatest horror film ever. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. 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. Stephen king shares his thoughts on the shining movie sequel. The trailer for the the shining sequel is scary simplemost. Published on jan 26, 2018 warner bros announced today that mike flanagan has been tapped to direct doctor sleep, the 20 stephen king novel that is a. That changed when mark romanek became attached to the project a realdeal director, not some runofthemill workforhire. The book describes what happens when he hits bottom, inadvertently. This book followed the character of danny torrance, the boy blessedcursed with the shining, as he continues to wrestle with the ghosts that haunted him at the overlook hotel. Plot details revealed for stephen kings the shining. 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.
Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining book or movie. The book is a sequel to the shining, the movie adaptation of which king notoriously hated. The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets release date. In fangirl, college student cath writes fanfiction for the fictional simon snow series by the fictional gemma t. Doctor sleep is exceptionally scary, but its also a brilliantly paced and moving redemption story. The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets. To say you were going back to the book that was really popular and write the sequel people think of that book, they read it as kids. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie. Few movies carry the weight of expectations this year as doctor sleep, the upcoming stephen king adaptation from horror maestro mike flanagan. Along with the book s sequel, king has released a prequel, overlook hotel, which has also been in film development. With jack nicholson, shelley duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers. Heres how the doctor sleep movie connects to stephen kings the shining both the book and film version. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller.
How do you make a sequel to the shining when the original book and. The shunning by beverly lewis goodreads share book. Billed as the sequel to the shining, the book hones in on danny torrance, once a little boy who discovered the overlook hotels demonic secrets. 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. If you havent heard of stephen king yet, youve been living under the proverbial rock all this time. However, kubricks adaptation of the shining deviates from kings novel in a few significant ways, which puts the new movie in a weird position. With the push and pull of public opinion between the audience that covets stanley kubricks the shining, and that of the book s author, stephen king, one has to wonder if the film adaptation of its. Stephen kings new novel doctor sleep first look interactive. It is the fourth kingderived movie this year, following pet sematary, in the tall grass netflixs third king adaptation in three. The shunning was one of the first books that i read back when it first came out. Ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance in warner bros. Doctor sleep trailer teases a horrifying sequel to.
The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. He put off the shining sequel out of fears it would be inferior to the original, which is one of my books. This sequel to the shining brings back danny torrence, who now works at a nursing home and specializes in ushering dying patients into the great beyond. When a prequel to the shining was announced, it didnt sound like such a hot idea. Stephen kings 20 novel, doctor sleep, functions as a direct sequel to his own 1977 novel, the shining. Inside doctor sleep, the shining sequel trailer, cast. For example, kings original book ends with the explosion of the overlook hotel. Stephen king the shining collection 2 books set the shining, doctor sleep by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, et al.
It is an adaptation of the novel doctor sleep, which is stephen kings sequel to his novel, the shining, he said. I really enjoyed the book, but i expect some backlash as it is not what fans want or expect. In short, both the doctor sleep book and film bring us back into the. The 2019 film plans to function in the same way with the 1980 original. It has just as much kissing and talking as youd expect from a rainbow rowell story but far, far more monsters. In doctor sleep stephen king offers a sequel to the shining.
Doctor sleep is based on the king novel by the same name, published in 20. In carry on, rowell offers her own take on the simon snow world and characters separate. Stephen kings unfortunate sequel to the shining will. The shining sequel doctor sleep is ready to bring you back to the.
Movie about shining sequel, doctor sleep, to be released in 2020. I had the advantage of merchandising books for chas levy in major chains stores, where beverlys books were fast sellers. The author explores the origins of the shining and its sequel doctor sleep this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Few movies carry the weight of expectations this year as doctor sleep. Stephen king is an author who literally doesnt need an introduction. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most.
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