Back in 2014, variety reported warner bros were busy making a sequel to the shining, with director mark romanek in talks to helm the movie. The director of geralds game is heading back to stephen king country by signing on to adapt doctor sleep, the author s 20 sequel to the shining, warner bros. The shining was kings third novel and has sold more than a million copies since it was first published in 1977. 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. The author has announced a release date for the famed book s sequel, doctor sleep, in which a grownup danny torrance is haunted by the same demons the twins. King was big, but he wasnt yet the giant bestselling author hes become. Thirtyfour years after publishing the heartstopping horror novel, the shining, author stephen king is brewing up the classic book s sequel. Variety is reporting that ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in warner bros. The bigscreen adaptation of doctor sleep, stephen kings 20 novel sequel to the shining, is out november 8. A sequel to the shining is currently in development. However, over the years, kubricks masterful adaptation has garnered high praise. Now, 35 years later, king has gone back to the shining and written a sequel, doctor sleep. Stephen king finally reawakens danny torrance in doctor. The author read an excerpt of the work in progress on the weekend during a visit to george mason university.
The shining sequel to star ewan mcgregor as danny torrance. This book followed the character of danny torrance, the boy blessedcursed with the shining, as he continues to wrestle with the ghosts that haunted him at the overlook hotel. Stephen king says shining sequel is real creepy scary. Stephen king promotes sequel to the shining youtube. The success of it has made king properties big ticket items and flanagan already had success adapting the author s book geralds game for netflix. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
Stephen king reveals inspiration for the shining sequel. Stephen kings tender sequel to the shining esquire. The trailer for the the shining sequel is scary simplemost. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. Doctor sleep on apple books apple books apple apple. Observer king finds a mode of the supernatural that has a melancholic beauty guardian, book of the week all the virtues of. Doctor sleep the shining book 2 english edition ebook. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. Mike flanagan the haunting of hill house, geralds game has released a film that serves, somehow, as a followup to both the book and movie versions of the shining. More than 30 years after stephen king terrified us with the shining, hes written a sequel, drawing on his alcoholism and a neardeath.
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. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film of the same name and was later followed by a sequel, doctor sleep, published in 20. The legendary novelist, who was rumored to be penning the sequel in 2009, confirmed on his website monday that hes indeed working on a continuation of the chilling book on spirits, psychic. Both mr mercedes and end of watch received the goodreads choice award for the best mystery and thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively. The shining is based on stephen kings 1977 novel by.
The movie, the shining, is a cinematic masterpiece directed by stanley kubrick. Stephen king working on sequel to the shining dvd talk. You dont have to be a fan of horror to appreciate stephen kings masterful new novel. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of.
But that, king says in an interview, was a deflective thing. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. Many audiences consider stanley kubricks the shining to be one of the greatest horror films of all time, though author stephen king has regularly professed his displeasure with the adaptation. Initially, he told the times in 1998, he conceived of the book as a. Doctor sleep, the author s followup to the shining. The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets. The only necessary sequel to the shining is room 237.
Billed as the sequel to the shining, the book hones in on danny torrance, once a little boy who discovered the overlook hotels demonic secrets. His first crime thriller featuring bill hodges, mr mercedes, won the edgar award for best novel and was shortlisted for the cwa gold. Come and play with us, danny for ever, and ever, and ever. In 2009 we were a bit surprised to hear that stephen king was considering penning a sequel to the shining. Beverly lewis is a fine author who has written many books about this group. This history, combined with a vague sense that he still has the shining i. Scottish actor ewan mcgregor may be playing a grownup version of danny torrance in the sequel to the shining. An adaptation of the stephen king novel that serves as a sequel to the author s the shining, doctor sleep transports patient passengers back to the overlook hotel, the bloodiest accommodation in colorado, previously run by jack torrance. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie. Doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to the shining the new. Paris afp american horror author stephen king has revealed the inspiration for writing a sequel to his 1977 chiller the shining for more than 35 years he hasnt been able to forget the originals psychic child character danny, and was curious to discover what became of him. Before doctor sleep, there was the shining, a classic of modern american horror from the undisputed master, stephen king. It also remains one of his most memorable works, having been adapted into three featurelength films with one sequel and a broadway musical that inspired an episode of the television show riverdale. His first crime thriller featuring bill hodges, mr mercedes, won the edgar award for best novel and was shortlisted for the cwa gold dagger award.
Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel. One was stanley kubrick, whose film version of the shining is at least as well remembered as the novel with which it tampered. Almost five years ago stephen king did something hes rarely done outside his dark tower series. Doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to the shining. The stephen king book with the most adaptations screen rant. The book, the shining, is a literary masterpiece written by stephen king. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the stanley hotel in 1974 and his recovery from alcoholism. Director mike flanagan takes on kings 20 followup novel to the shining, but adjusts.
On the outside, it might feel like its an easy feat to ignore the movie version, and just film a truetobook version of its sequel. The highlyanticipated followup to stephen kings iconic haunted hotel film, the shining, has just earned a release date. A dapting stephen king is one thing, writing a spiritual sequel to a stanley kubrick movie quite another. Stephen king says shining sequel is real creepy scary stuff this article is more than 7 years old author says doctor sleep, due in september, marks a return to the kind of fiction that really. That book is one of kings signature stories, thanks in part to the stanley kubrick. Author stephen king stops off in france to promote his latest novel, doctor sleep, a sequel to his 1977 blockbuster, the shining.
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. Trailer for doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining. The shining sequel doctor sleep has a director with. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing.
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. First released in 1974, carrie is stephen kings first published novel. Its been 39 years since the horror classic the shining premiered, and now the terrifying film from 1980 is getting a sequel. The 1980 horror film was based on a stephen king novel. Geralds game director hired for the shining sequel. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. When stephen king published his third novel, the shining, in 1977, he was a writer with a lot on his mind. The shunning is followed by the confession and the reckoning. Fans of the 1980 film were immediately intrigued by the promise of the sequel, but just as many were quick to ask whether jack nicholson would be in it.
Godzilla 2 gets pushed back, shining sequel gets a. Ewan mcgregor in talks to star in the shining sequel. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. He put off the shining sequel out of fears it would be inferior to the original, which is one of my books. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36. Stephen king working on sequel to the shining i dont know why but when i read that thread title, the first thing that popped into my mind was when it becomes a movie theyll try to find a way to bring back jack nicholson. Doctor sleep, based on the king novel of the same name, will land in. Because obviously i wanted to do a good job with the sequel, because people knew the book the shining, and i thought, i dont want to screw.
The author explores the origins of the shining and its sequel doctor sleep this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Stephen king announces sequel to the shining after 36 years of suspense stephen king, the bestselling american horror writer, announced today that he will publish a sequel to one of his most. When stephen king published doctor sleep in 20, it felt inevitable that the book, a sequel to his beloved 1977 horror novel the shining, would get a. Stephen king working on sequel to the shining the star. Stephen king brings back son of the shining in sequel. Ewan mcgregor and rebecca ferguson have joined the cast, which will take viewers into the life of danny torrence. Doctor sleep is exceptionally scary, but its also a brilliantly paced and moving redemption story. Over several chapters he does throw in a great deal of background history on the family and this helps flesh them out quite a. The shining sequel has wrapped production mental floss. In 20, bestselling author stephen king released doctor sleep, a literary sequel to the story told in the shining.