Movies almost four decades after the release of the shining, the legendary horror movie finally gets a sequel based on stephen kings book of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading doctor sleep. The film will adapt kings 20 novel, which follows danny. Well, for my money, you stay really close to the book. The story that king spun with dan torrance, with abra and the true knot is. Danny refuses, thinking his father will be happier if they stayed. Ewan mcgregor will star in doctor sleep, the sequel to stephen kings the shining.
Those familiar with stephen kings book, and its sequel doctor sleep, know that dannys shining ability was something jack may have been gifted with as well. Trailer for doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. And apparently if that meeting had gone any other way than perfectly.
Timberline lodge sits in mount hood national forest in the state of oregon. Mike flanagan to stay in the stephen king business with. The shining is based on stephen kings 1977 novel by. So when it came time to adapt doctor sleep, stephen kings sequel. Mcgregor will play the adult danny torrence, still haunted by the events that happened at the overlook hotel. 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. Yep, doctor sleep is sequel to the shining doctor sleep, published in 20, is, in fact a sequel to the shining, which was published in 1977. A sequel to the novel was published in 20, titled doctor sleep, and focuses on danny torrance and his struggles with trauma after the events in the first book, with a movie version to be released this year. Ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson and newcomer kyliegh curran star. Historic stanley hotel accommodations the stanley hotel. Sleep, which is stephen kings sequel to his novel, the shining. How doctor sleep is both a sequel to stephen kings and stanley. Kings book picks up with a middleaged danny torrance years after the events at the overlook hotel, still psychic but in. The overlook hotel, a prequel to stanley kubricks horror masterpiece, has been in the works since 20, but has seriously struggled to come to fruition kubricks the shining was initially met with disdain by both viewers and stephen king himself, author of the original novel.
However, i do think that in order to have a credible debate on the subject, you would need to include the prince of the. The shining by stephen king meet your next favorite book. However, she appears in the start of the book, living with danny after the events of the shining in a new apartment, traumatised and timid. Doctor sleep is the shining sequel refresh the story. 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. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. Doctor sleep the shining book 2 kindle edition by stephen king. Initially, he told the times in 1998, he conceived of the book as a. And if the idea of a sequel to an alltime horror classic like the shining wasnt fraught enough, the book was poorly received by critics like the a. The shining 1980 read online free book by stephen king. Author stephen king is considered by many to be one of the seminal writers in the horror genre, with his novel the shining being one of the most celebrated of his catalog. These are among our mostrequested rooms, availability is limited.
Doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan. The only good thing that could possible come out of it is reissuing the shining soundtrack album that has been unavailable since 198o. Surprisingly, when the trailer was released last week, we learned that the movie isnt just an adaptation of kings book, but also a followup to kubricks iconic movie. The presidential cottage features three bedrooms and two and a half baths. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie. But as dan torrance knows, and tween abra stone learns, the true knot are quasiimmortal, living off the steam that children with the shining produce when. Why doctor sleep had to end at the shinings overlook.
Whether you read kings book or saw stanley kubricks 1980 cinematic interpretation of it which stephen king has never endorsed, chances are the shining ranks high on your list of most terrifying things ever. Come and play with us, danny for ever, and ever, and ever. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his. The shining had such resonance in part because of kubricks film, which king disliked that one returns to the characters with a sense. I havent got the slightest wisp of the faintest fragment of a lingering shadow of a clue how to answer that manwichsized question. Its been 39 years since the horror classic the shining premiered, and now the terrifying film from 1980 is getting a sequel. Top 10 differences between the shining book and movie duration. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977.
Stephen king brings back son of the shining in sequel. In the authors note to doctor sleep, his fantastic new sequel to that classic horror tale, king expresses his. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining. The trailer for the the shining sequel is scary simplemost. Doctor sleep movie is nowhere near as good as the book, leans too. The shining sequel struggles to salute book and movie at once mike flanagans adaptation of stephen kings. Mike flanagan, the director of doctor sleep, revealed he plans to stay close to the. Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big. Doctor sleep continues the story of danny torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the overlook hotel in the shining. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was. By all means make a film of the book, but dont make a film of a book as a sequel to a film that the guy that wrote the book cant stand. 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.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Stanley hotel features a variety of rooms with high paranormal activity including the famous stephen king suite 217, the ghost hunters favorite room 401, as well as 407, and 428. Mike flanagan explains how he convinced stephen king that the doctor sleep movie should be a sequel to both kubricks the shining movie and kings original novel. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan. The shining sequel includes parts of stephen kings novel that. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. How doctor sleep connects to the shining, explained collider. Doctor sleep unfolds over a sprawling 540page book so when the film. Filmmaker mike flanagan the haunting of hill house dishes on his sequel to the classic 1980 film the shining and why it should satisfy fans of both kubrick and king. An amazing standalone film as well excellent sequel to. And not just because room 217 got changed to room 237. The shining sequel doctor sleep sets mike flanagan as. Ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance in warner bros. The shining sequel struggles to salute book and movie at once.
The film is a sequel to the shining and casts ewan mcgregor as an adult danny torrence. When stephen king published his third novel, the shining, in 1977, he was a writer with a lot on his mind. The tension between stephen kings 1977 novel the shining and stanley. Ewan mcgregor to star in the shining sequel doctor sleep. The timberline lodge aka the overlook hotel from the shining. Stephen king says doctor sleep redeems stanley kubricks. Adapted from stephen kings 20 book, doctor sleep shifts the story to. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. For the uninitiated, doctor sleep is kings wildly unnecessary sequel to the shining, and concerns a grownup danny torrance doing battle with psychic vampires who travel around the country in an.
However, over the years, kubricks masterful adaptation has garnered high praise. Kubricks adaptation of the shining arrived in 1980 and stephen king has been very vocal about his dislike towards the film, as kubrick took creative license with the story and. In 20, he published its sequel novel, doctor sleep. The hotel is most recognized as the hotel that was used for the exterior hotel shots for the stanley kubrick version of the shining starring jack nicholson and shelly duvall. Doctor sleep is just a shadow of the shining ap news. While it stays pretty faithful early on, the entire third act strays. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. How will the shining sequel handle the books wtf ending. The bigscreen adaptation of doctor sleep, stephen kings 20 novel sequel to the shining, is out november 8. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. With the push and pull of public opinion between the audience that covets stanley kubricks the shining, and that of the books author, stephen king. The director of the netflix hit the haunting of hill house has just finished shooting his next big return to a horror classic. A novel the shining book 2 kindle edition by king, stephen.
Is this a sequel to kings shining or kubricks shining. Stephen kings unfortunate sequel to the shining will. Those familiar with both stephen kings book and stanley kubricks film will. In 1977, three years after his stanley stay, king released the shining, sculpting everything that unsettled him into the overlook hotel. Doctor sleep director confirms film is both a stephen king. Timberline lodge overlook hotel from the shining 2020. 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. Is stephen king the best pure storyteller of the 20th century.
Everything wrong with the shining in murderous minutes or more duration. After a quick park bench discussion, danny gets the gist. The film was based on stephen kings novel of the same name. Doctor sleep sounds like a new medically spurious talk show produced by oprah, but its actually an upcoming movie based on the stephen king novel of the same name, which is a sequel to the shining.
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