Doctor Sleep
Director Mike Flanagan confirms his forthcoming movie adjustment of Stephen King’sDoctor Sleepwill be a sequel to and bridge the crack between bothThe Shiningmovie universe and the original novel . Published in 2009,Doctor Sleepis the continuation to King ’s germinal horror novelThe Shining , which was published in 1977 . Set several eld after Jack Torrance was repel to madness at the Overlook Hotel , the book follows his psychic son Danny as an grownup as he come up against a villainous mathematical group who feed off the energy of tiddler who share the same psychic powers as he does .
Just a few months after the release of Flanagan ’s horrorGerald ’s Game-another King adaption that proveda Brobdingnagian success despite being deemed ‘ unfilmable’- it was announced he would alsodirect a pic variant ofDoctor Sleep , withEwan McGregor ’s casting as Danny Torranceconfirmed soon after . It was welcome news for horror fan as Flanagan has more than proved his horror prowess with not onlyGerald ’s Gamebut other whole kit and boodle likeHush , Ouija : Origin of EvilandThe Haunting of Hill House . One enquiry lingering on everybody ’s lips , however , was just how Flanagan ’s film would fit intoThe Shininguniverse - both the universe of discourse built in King ’s original novel and that was install by director Stanley Kubrick in his 1980 adjustment of the book . Any King fan deserving their salt knows there are quite a few departure between the novel and the film and that King is n’t a lover of Kubrick ’s moving-picture show . Nevertheless , Kubrick ’s adaptation is affect as a horror classic and is so embed in popular culture(“Here ’s Johnny!”)that it leave buff wondering just which edition ofThe ShiningFlanagan ’s movie would take a lead from .
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Alongside the release of theDoctor Sleepofficial tormenter trailerand one rag today , Flanagan revealed at a extra preview issue attended by Screen Rant thatDoctor Sleepwill act as a bridge deck between the literary and cinematicShininguniverses :
“ It is an adaptation of the refreshing Doctor Sleep , which is Stephen King ’s sequel to his novel The Shining . But this also be very much in the same cinematic universe that Kubrick give in his adaptation of The Shining . And harmonize those three , at times very unlike sources , has been the most thought-provoking and electrifying part of this . "
Considering some of the more major difference of opinion between King ’s book and Kubrick ’s film , just how to contribute those universes together is indeed no mean feat . Taking into account how King feel about the film , the program could ’ve gone down like a lead balloon but according to Flanagan the writer was exposed to his ideas :
" The first conversation we had to have - other than that we as fans of King and as apostles of The Shining really need to seek to make for those worlds back together again - we had to go to King and explicate how . Some of that annunciate very practical questions about certain characters who were awake in the novel The shinny who were not live by the ending of the movie . How to handle with that , and then in peculiar how to get into the vision of The Overlook that Kubrick had create . Our pitches to Stephen went over amazingly well , and we get out of the conversation with not only his grace to do what we ended up doing but also his encouragement . "
Getting King ’s blessing is for certain a exercising weight lifted off Flanagan ’s shoulder , though revulsion buff have still got a few months to hold off until they find out just howDoctor Sleepwill pay veneration to both King and Kubrick .
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