Sequel To The Shining Movie

Sequel to the shining movie. The shining is a 1980 british american psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and co written with novelist diane johnson the film is based on stephen king s 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson shelley duvall scatman crothers and danny lloyd. Attempted to resurrect the shining franchise last fall with the release of doctor sleep a film adaptation of king s shining sequel novel of the same name. It s called doctor sleep and it s airing on hbo this saturday night at 8 p m. Doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan it is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by stephen king a sequel to king s 1977 novel the shining 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 events of the original and combines elements of.

Directed by mike flanagan. 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. Doctor sleep the highly anticipated sequel to stephen king s iconic haunted hotel horror the shining will be released quite fittingly on halloween october 31 2019. With ewan mcgregor rebecca ferguson kyliegh curran cliff curtis.

Published in 2009 doctor sleep is the sequel to king s seminal horror novel the shining which was published in 1977 set several years after jack torrance was driven to madness at the overlook. Ewan mcgregor and rebecca ferguson have joined the cast which will take viewers into the life of danny torrence long after his time at the. Years following the events of the shining 1980 a now adult 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. The film s central character is jack torrance nicholson an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic.

Yes stephen king wrote a sequel to the shining and yes it was made into a movie. A sequel to the shining is currently in development. Considering stanley kubrick s 1980 shining adaptation is considered one of the best horror. Director mike flanagan confirms his forthcoming movie adaptation of stephen king s doctor sleep will be a sequel to and bridge the gap between both the shining movie universe and the original novel.