Doctor sleep is a 20 dark fantasy horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by mike flanagan. Oct 17, 20 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. But if youve read the book and watched the film, its. Stephen king is an author who literally doesnt need an introduction. A novel the shining book 2 kindle edition by king, stephen. The only books i read after desperation were the dark tower books and now, doctor sleep. With the push and pull of public opinion between the audience that covets stanley kubricks the shining, and that of the book s author. Basically, a traveling caravan of psychic vampires are finding and murdering any and all. Stephen king sets release date for sequel to the shining. The shining sequel doctor sleep sets mike flanagan as. The director behind one hour photo and never let me go is a filmmaker with a vision, and according to the producer of the overlook hotel, the shining prequel will.
He put off the shining sequel out of fears it would be inferior to the original, which is one of my books. This is littleknown news, unknown even to me until i finished reading, because the other two books have not yet been announced, but only spoiled in some articles. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of kings third novel the shining. After all, the tome is a not just a sequel to the shining a. Like a servant to two masters, stephen kings doctor sleep wants both stephen king and fans of stanley kubricks 1980 film of his book the shining to be happy. Doctor sleep the shining sequel film november 8th, 2019. Children are shown in peril, screaming, and dying, and there are guns and shooting, fighting and punching, an ax fight, bloody wounds, gore, a sexual predator, and more.
Flanagan realized he was caught in a damned ifyoudo predicament regarding. The shining getting a sequel based on kings book ihorror. There are currently 11 books published and forthcoming and a ton of short stories that fill in the blanks between adventures. Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining sequel horror movie plot. Heres every difference between the shining book and.
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. Whatever your thoughts of the shining novel, you cannot deny that the 1980. Stephen kings tender sequel to the shining esquire. The overlook hotel is their last chance to make it as a unit, or so they believe. Movie about shining sequel, doctor sleep, to be released in 2020. He puts the invitation back in the book and starts reading the scrapbook. How the doctor sleep movie compares to the novel by stephen king. The director recreated the sets and has recreated shots from the shining. This trailer actually looks like it may be more interesting than the book. Nov 08, 2019 the shining is pretty high up on the list of iconic movies that dont need a sequel, remake, or reboot.
Bbc arts editor, will gompertz, delves into doctor sleeps inception, stephens early career, and how the shining will inevitably be compared to doctor sleep. The unmasking will happen at the stroke of midnight. If you havent heard of stephen king yet, youve been living under the proverbial rock all this time. Doctor sleep, out this week on bluray and 4k, is a movie with a lot to live up to. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of. 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. Sleep 20 by stephen king deadline is reporting that the film is being rushed into production with geralds game mike flanagan scheduled to direct. 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. King answers that question with his new book, doctor sleep, delving. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller.
Stephen king announces the shining sequel release date. Sequel to kings novel the shining due out in september 20. Since the upcoming movie is a sequel both to kings bestselling book and kubricks iconic film, it will be unpredictable for both newcomers and fans. Creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book. A group of elderly losers somehow finding their way to the circus, pennywises home turf, would be the best premise for a sequel imo. Its the sequel to the book and kubricks movie, i linked to an interview with flanagan in the last page where he explains as much.
I enjoyed the read but ultimately was unimpressed by the villains. Blood sisters part 2 of my series, what the hell is the matter with the midwest. Sep 19, 2012 if youre a stephen king fan, you probably knew that the acclaimed writer has been working on a followup to his 1977 novel the shining. The book was my first new king read after a decade of exile i thought his storytelling was diminishing and wanted to get off the boat before he got any worse and i was happy to be back. Parents need to know that doctor sleep is a horror movie adapted from a stephen king novel. The sequel, doctor sleep, was published 36 years later in 20, concentrating on torrances son danny and his ability to tap into the paranormal world, or shining. Jan 26, 2018 director mike flanagan is going back into the world of stephen king. The shining was kings third novel and has sold more than a million copies since it was first published in 1977.
The first task he set himself was to convince stephen king that the movie of doctor sleep had to take place in the kubrick shining. Jan 26, 2018 a sequel to the shining is getting made based on the book dr. Stephen kings the shining is a classic piece of literature and stanley kubricks cinematic version shares the same cult status. 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. No word yet as to whether they got a jack nicholson lookalike. Compulsive and nervejangling, the damned is a story about personal hells and the relationships that haunt us. Doctor sleep director mike flanagan explains how its a sequel to both the shining universes crafted by stephen king and stanley kubrick.
The damned is the second book of the beautiful saga by renee ahdieh. Father callahan, the damned priest of salems lot, finds his way to midworld, as does patrick danville, the little boy in insomnia who lives. The ending of doctor sleep explained film school rejects. Discussion of themes and motifs in stephen kings the shining. Stephen king finally reawakens danny torrance in doctor.
Josh boones passion for stephen king movie adaptations left me regretful i didnt publish an interview i did with king several years ago, when an influx of book adaptations done with. In the book nos4a2, which is supposedly by joe hill sks son, although i have a theory king himself actually wrote a substantial part of the book, a location called pennywises circus is mentioned. When we first see little danny torrance in doctor sleep, a crafty and curiously moving sequel to the shining, he is riding his tricycle once. Years following the events of the shining, a nowadult dan torrence meets a young girl with similar powers as his. The author explores the origins of the shining and its sequel doctor sleep. Marys institute of historical research as they rattle around through time trying to answer historys unanswered questions. Doctor sleep is a sequel to shining movie and stephen king.
Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. Starring ewan mcgregor as an adult danny torrance, flanagans doctor sleep follows the nowgrown torrance as he fights his demons and faces down a new supernatural threat. Just one damned thing after another is just the first book in a series of the adventures of st. The damned trilogy is a set of three science fiction novels by american writer alan dean foster a call to arms, the false mirror, and the spoils of war, detailing human involvement in an interstellar war plot summary. Stephen king plots the shining sequel books the guardian.
Flanagan said, it is an adaptation of the novel doctor sleep, which is stephen kings sequel to his novel, the shining. The shadow knows from the woman who wrote stanley kubricks the shining. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining movie and stephen kings book. Just as the dark tower is the nexus point of the timespace continuum within the context of the dark tower novels, so the dark tower novels are the linchpin of stephen kings creative multiverse. Doctor sleep is a movie literally no one asked for, but im really surprised to say that im damned happy it exists. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining now. Jun 05, 2015 stephen kings the shining is a classic piece of literature and stanley kubricks cinematic version shares the same cult status.
Two major alien civilizations, the amplitur a squidlike species with telepathic and mindcontrolling abilities which they couch as suggestions and the weave a. The actor who played the child, dan lloyd, is now living in louisville. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining. The bigscreen adaptation of doctor sleep, stephen kings 20 novel sequel to the shining, is out november 8. Id give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer. Nov 06, 2019 like a servant to two masters, stephen kings doctor sleep wants both stephen king and fans of stanley kubricks 1980 film of his book the shining to be happy. Oct 29, 2019 recently, moviegoers returned to the overlook hotel in mike flanagans adaptation of doctor sleep, kings 20 sequel to the shining. Doctor sleep director mike flanagan and producer trevor macy break down the biggest changes from stephen kings book and explain that cathartic ending. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Uk has posted an interview and video with stephen discussing doctor sleep and other topics. A sequel hook is something in a work that suggests that there is a clear possibility for another story. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. What critics said about john carpenters village of the damned. Stephen king the shining collection 2 books set the shining, doctor sleep by stephen king, the shining by stephen king, et al.
Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. 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. Its written as a series of letters which adds an interesting perspective. 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. Its a brave man who writes a sequel to the shining which. If you didnt know, now you do, and youll soon know the sequels title and release date, announced by the master of suspense himself.
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. And chances are youve still watched some of the movies they made based on his books, like it or the shining. Sep 18, 2012 stephen king revealed the release date for his novel doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining, will be sept. The novel doctor sleep is a weird one, and a lot of it is about a young teenage girl who has a huge concentration of psychic powers. Stephen kings shining sequel, doctor sleep the new. He was also involved in a tv miniseries based on the same book, starring steven weber and. His epic works the dark tower, it, pet sematary, and doctor sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with it now the highest grossing horror film of all time. After that, i had a job and family, yada yada yada, and not as much time to indulge in casual fiction as i did before. Jack is blown away, imaging the scene of wealth and splendor. The park is mine the greatest book about a crazed vietnam vet taking over. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie.
Sep 18, 20 creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book whatever happened to that kid in stephens king novel the shining. Why doctor sleep had to end at the shinings overlook. Trailer for doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. Nov 25, 2009 jack torrances little boy danny was last seen recuperating in maine after escaping the insane evil of the overlook hotel, but stephen king is now plotting a sequel to the shining which would age.
It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. Any time i said sequel to the shining in my own head. Had to, just had to, watch the shining, which is vastly different from the book but still a great movie. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel. But that, king says in an interview, was a deflective thing. As disgusting as the first book in the series, damned, was, doomed is somehow even more disgusting, even though it doesnt contain lakes of bodily fluids. A spookyashell tribute to stanley kubrick and stephen king. Nov 11, 2019 mike flanagan takes us back to the overlook hotel in doctor sleep, 40 years after the events of the shining.
Come and play with us, danny for ever, and ever, and ever. Jul 25, 2014 of developing a sequel to the shining, based on stephen kings newly published follow updoctor sleep. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading doctor sleep. Sep 20, 2012 london reuters more than three decades after the shining was first published, the sequel to stephen kings classic horror novel is finally coming out next year. 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.
And i always had this ache, just from the perspective. Only picked this one up on kindle because it is a sequel to one of his classic books. The macguffins may come in threes, the big bad might be not quite dead, or, more blatantly, as the story ends another adventure might be shown. The damned trilogy is a set of three science fiction novels by american writer alan dean foster a call to arms, the false mirror, and the spoils of war, detailing human involvement in an interstellar war. The shining is violent from its first moments and has violence on just about every page. Apr 04, 2016 stephen kings shining sequel to be adapted for big screen. Ending explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales. Apr 17, 2018 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. Stephen king on what hollywood owes authors when their books. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. How doctor sleeps director convinced stephen king to use. While the film doctor sleep is intended to be a direct adaptation of the 20 sequel novel, director mike flanagan said doctor sleep still acknowledges kubricks the shining in some way.
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