Sep 24, 20 doctor sleep is the 63rd book published by stephen king. I found doctor sleep, based on the book by stephen king and the sequel to the shining, to be really, really good. Doctor sleep continues the story of danny torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the overlook hotel in the shining. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan.
Doctor sleep stephen kings 20 sequel to the shining gets turned into a film thats long and prosaic but also creepy and scary. Doctor sleep, the bigscreen adaptation of king s 20 novel sequel to the shining, hit cinemas last week, and you can be quite sure that writerdirector mike flanagan will have been acutely. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the overlook. However, mike flanagans adaptation of doctor sleep. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the overlook, dan torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. Dec 31, 2019 before doctor sleep was a critically acclaimed movie, it was a book by stephen king, and heres why the legendary author decided to write it. Doctor sleep stands as the sequel to king s the shining and focuses on an adult version of danny torrence which mcgregor is set to play. Stephen king doctor sleep movie reaction stephen king. Stephen king doctor sleep movie reaction stephen king says. Nov 06, 2019 stephen king famously hated stanley kubricks adaptation of the shining.
Reviewed in the united states on november 9, 2019 i found doctor sleep, based on the book by stephen king and the sequel to the shining, to be really, really good. Stephen kings doctor sleep continues the story of danny torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the overlook hotel in the shining. Mike flanagan explains how he convinced stephen king that the doctor sleep movie should be a sequel to both kubricks the shining movie and king s original novel. Stephen king loved the doctor sleep movie, says mike flanagan. Deadline has confirmed that doctor sleep filmmaker mike flanagan is returning to the stephen king world onscreen with a feature adaptation of the authors 20 novel revival at warner bros. With ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson, kyliegh curran, cliff curtis. Nov 06, 2019 author stephen king has been very vocal about his discontent for stanley kubricks the shining, starring jack nicholson and shelley duvall. Stephen kings doctor sleep only in theaters november 8. The film premiered in most countries on october 31, 2019, and it premiered in the u.
Jun, 2019 stephen king s iconic horror story the shining is finally getting a movie sequel. Stephen king s 2014 novel revival is his latest book coming to the big screen. Ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance, the son of the shining protagonist jack torrance. Doctor sleep features one whopper of a shining return.
But, in his reaction to mike flanagans new doctor sleep sequel he says it redeems the original movie. Mike flanagan on changing kings doctor sleep ending nerdist. An incredibly prolific literary force, king has written over 60 fulllength novels, and more than 200 short stories, but one thing hes rarely done is write sequels to his work. Stephen kings doctor sleep official site available now. The overlook hotel is still plenty creepy, as is the crusty naked ghost lady in room 217. Flanagan is fresh off of his success of adapting king s other nailbiting tale geralds game for netflix last year it seems warner bros. Angry ghosts from the overlook hotel eventually find danny, including the woman.
Nov 11, 2019 doctor sleep is the years third high profile stephen king film following pet sematary and it chapter two. Stephen kings shining sequel doctor sleep in development. The latter was adapted into a hit movie starring jack nicholson in 1980. Stephen kings doctor sleep final trailer hd youtube. Stephen king says doctor sleep redeems stanley kubricks. Stephen king on alcoholism and returning to the shining. Danny has psychic powers and struggles with alcoholism. Stephen king based on the novel by, mike flanagan screenplay. Changing stephen king s endings doesnt make the author like your movie very much. Deadline has confirmed that doctor sleep filmmaker mike flanagan is returning to the stephen king world onscreen with a feature adaptation of. Nov 06, 2019 doctor sleep is the new film that attempts to act as sequel to both book and movie, and stephen king thinks its so good, it redeems the shining movie in his eyes. Stephen king legendarily hated the classic 1980 film stanley kubrick made of the shining a fact that made it hard for writerdirector mike. How the doctor sleep movie changed stephen kings book to.
It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to king s 1977 novel the shining. Flanagan even told ew about when he took his finished doctor sleep film to kings maine home, and watched the movie alone with him, overanalyzing every. Stephen kings 1977 novel the shining, stanley kubrick. Oct 31, 2019 stephen king and the estate of the shining director stanley kubrick both loved sequel movie doctor sleep, according to filmmaker mike flanagan the author famously cant stand the 1980. King famously hates kubricks 1980 film adaptation of the shining, which made drastic changes to his 1977 book. The book is a sequel to the shining, the movie adaptation of which king notoriously hated. Doctor sleep is an upcoming american horror film directed by mike flanagan and written by stephen king. Stephen king shares his thoughts on the shining movie sequel. Much like the novel its based on, it does not feel very much at all like the shining. But the adaptation of stephen king s doctor sleep is more likely to keep you awake at night with the. Doctor sleep stephen king s 20 sequel to the shining gets turned into a film thats long and prosaic but also creepy and scary.
Doctor sleep is based on the king novel by the same name, published in 20. Doctor sleep doctor sueno is a movie that has everyone pending. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a. Following the events of the shining, danny remains psychologically traumatized, while wendy, his mother, slowly recovers from her injuries. Stephen king says doctor sleep redeems stanley kubricks the. Movie info doctor sleep is the continuation of danny torrances story 40 years after the terrifying events of stephen kings the shining. It would be difficult to accurately describe the way it felt to. It is his 52nd novel and the 45th under his own name. I also bring up the shining novel and movie, but ill get into those more in another. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. Well, it looks like doctor sleep and geralds game writerdirector mike flanagan isnt done playing in the stephen king sandbox as today we have word that flanagan and his longtime producer. Doctor sleep owes a bigger debt to the stanley kubrick film than the books, with ewan mcgregor as dan torrance in a movie that flames out down the stretch. Doctor sleep tries to reconcile the visions of stephen king.
The shining sequel struggles to salute book and movie at once mike flanagans adaptation of stephen kings novel is an ambitious homage to the movie and the book. How doctor sleep combines stephen king and stanley. Oct 30, 2019 the overlook hotel is still plenty creepy, as is the crusty naked ghost lady in room 217. Doctor sleep movie is faithful to kings book says mcgregor. Doctor sleep, the new stephen king movie from writer and director mike flanagan, tries to reconcile three essentially incompatible texts. The doctor sleep team is tackling another stephen king movie.
The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on november 8. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen king s doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan. But mike flanagan explains how doctor sleep bucked that trend. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Doctor sleep is a stephen king movie for the first two hours doctor sleep is a film that is very frontheavy in regards to how it handles its source material. Stephen king thinks doctor sleep redeems his dislike of. Continuing where the shining left off, its an allnew tale of supernatural powers and homicidal menace starring a grownup dan.
Doctor sleep was always destined to be a complicated thing. Stephen king and the estate of the shining director stanley kubrick both loved sequel movie doctor sleep, according to filmmaker mike flanagan the author famously cant stand the 1980. Stephen king thinks doctor sleep redeems his dislike of the. Years following the events of the shining 1980, 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. Doctor sleep is aimed for a january 2020 release date which will be 40 years since stanley kubrick adapted the shining with jack nicholson, shelley duvall. Author stephen king has been very vocal about his discontent for stanley kubricks the shining, starring jack nicholson and shelley duvall. Nov 09, 2019 the new stephen king horror sequel doctor sleep brings back one of cinemas most infamous antagonists, albeit wielding a bottle of booze instead of his usual weapon of destruction. Stephen kings 1977 novel the shining, stanley kubricks. The first trailer for doctor sleep has hit the internet, showing horror fans a glimpse of ewan mcgregors much. Stephen kings doctor sleep film adaptation receives a. Nov 08, 2019 doctor sleep is the most ambitious film of the year. Why doctor sleep cant be a true sequel to the movie. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of king s third novel the shining.
Doctor sleep 2019 full movie, watch online free download. May 08, 2020 today is another one of those joyous days, as the pair who helped bring movie adaptations of geralds game and doctor sleep to stephen king fans all over are set to work their magic on another. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at. Stephen king says doctor sleep film redeems stanley kubricks the shining.
Today is another one of those joyous days, as the pair who helped bring movie adaptations of geralds game and doctor sleep to stephen king fans all over are set to work their magic on another. Doctor sleep film changes made from the stephen king book. Doctor sleep is the continuation of danny torrances story 40 years after the terrifying events of stephen kings the shining. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. But that peace is shattered when he encounters abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known. The top 10 stephen king adaptations, ranked in order of awesomeness we are talking about former star danny lloyd who appears in the crowd during a baseball game in one of doctor sleep s. How involved was stephen king with the movie sequel to the shining. Nov 05, 2019 mike flanagan explains how he convinced stephen king that the doctor sleep movie should be a sequel to both kubricks the shining movie and king s original novel. Entertainment production, a mike flanagan film, doctor sleep. Its no secret that the shining author stephen king was not a fan of stanley kubricks adaptation of his novel nearly 40 years ago. Ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson and newcomer kyliegh curran. Nov 08, 2019 stephen king s sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Browse stephen king s doctor sleep movie showtimes and book movie tickets for all gv, cathay, shaw, filmgarde and we singapore cinemas. Doctor sleep mike flanagan returning to stephen king.
Stephen king rejected doctor sleep pitch to recreate kubrick. Writerdirector mike flanagan said last year that he was more than willing to helm a film adaptation for stephen king s the shining sequel doctor sleep. Ewan mcgregor says that the upcoming film adaptation of doctor sleep is faithful to stephen king s book. Stephen kings doctor sleep official site available. Stephen kings the shining sequel doctor sleep getting. 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. Here are the major differences between the doctor sleep book and mike flanagans movie. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. His latest feature, doctor sleep, adapted from the novel by stephen king, is both a sequel to king s celebrated novel, the shining, and stanley kubricks iconic 1980 adaptation of the latter. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. The films title card is now shown in the beginning and the new cut is broken down.
Shining sequel haunted by ghosts of horrors past welcome back to the overlook, courtesy of this stephen king adaptation that owes a lot to its kubrickdirected. 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. Why does stephen king hate the movie version of the shining. Ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson and newcomer kyliegh curran star in the supernatural thriller, directed by mike flanagan, from his own screenplay based upon the novel by stephen king. Today is another one of those joyous days, as the pair who helped bring movie adaptations of geralds game and doctor sleep to stephen king. Already with its first trailer, the film managed to bristle the skin of all fans by showing great references to the shining, a film starring jack nicholson. This is directed by mike flanagan the haunting of hill house who has proven himself to be one of the great horror auteurs. Stephen king loved the doctor sleep movie, says mike. Nov 08, 2019 doctor sleep is a horror film based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king. Doctor sleep is a great film for fans of both king and kubrick. The novel is a direct sequel to king s 1977 novel the shining. Stephen kings doctor sleep the movie vs the book youtube.
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