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I am not going to go on and on about how frustrating it must be for someone of kings prolificity and stature to have people think that his best novel was written 22 years and 30some books ago. The description of greenwoods character is being kept under wr. Doctor sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to the shining book and movie. Its horror, without a doubt, but id class it as more of a supernatural thriller. The shining is a novel published in 1977 by stephen king, a wellknown american author. But, in his reaction to mike flanagans new doctor sleep sequel he says it redeems the original movie. I did like sophies character more in this book and it felt like she matured some between book 1 and book 2. Jack torrance takes a job as a caretaker of the isolated overlook hotel in the colorado mountains. Oct 10, 2018 we now know one more way that the shining sequel doctor sleep will be similar to its predecessorit will likely be rated r. Jun, 2019 return to stephen kings the shining with ewan mcgregor as danny in doctor sleep. I do like the movie to, but personally, i like the book a bit more. Plot details revealed for stephen kings the shining sequel. Doctor sleep, the sort of sequel to the shining must have slipped below my radar.

Ah, well i hope this movie is good, whether or not it follows the book. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. Colet abedi is a bestselling author, television and film producer. Perhaps harder to believe than the fact that stanley kubricks the shining which turns 36 today wasnt universally beloved by critics in 1980 is the idea that it was nominated for two. The shining is one of kings bestloved works, inspiring such devotion that one fan went so far as to recreate an 80page version of the book written by jack torrance when he goes mad, endlessly.

Apr 04, 2016 stephen kings shining sequel to be adapted for big screen this article is more than 4 years old the script for doctor sleep, which follows a traumatised middleaged danny, is to be written by. Mike flanagan on how doctor sleep also honors mick garriss. Many viewers even some who love the shining find duvalls acting strangely cartoonish with its wild expressions of anxiety and fear. Now, here are a few reasons danny torrance was the real villain of the shining.

And i mean specifically, kubricks movie, as i understand the book was different from the movie and that king apparently wasnt a fan. In the sequel novel doctor sleep 20, danny now going by dan learns that jack is also the biological father of lucy stone, a woman whose. Jun, 2019 dont touch kubrick films, unless youre an equally as mad genius whose perfectionist work borders on the insane. 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. Stephen kings 20 novel, doctor sleep, which became a bestseller upon release was the sequel to his book the shining which in turn was adapted by stanley kubrick into his modern horror masterpiece. But this also exists very much in the same cinematic universe that kubrick established in. He is a true craftsman of sound and light, no doubt about. Sep 18, 2012 stephen king revealed the release date for his novel doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining, will be sept. Plot details revealed for stephen kings the shining. Mad love has an awful instalove, but the fact that the author has such a cutesy writing style, it became so much bearable for me. Stephen king says stanley kubricks the shining is like a big, beautiful.

Stephen kings shining sequel to be adapted for big screen. Mike flanagan gets the look of his film right, but faithfully following stephen kings disjointed plot drains the. It will be a sequel to the shining, and carrie will be in it. Creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book. Sleep, at a recent appearance at george mason university, slashfilm reports. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. I understand stephen king writing a sequel in order to cash in on the shinings reputation, but this movie looks like standard throwaway horror schlock.

Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big. 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 is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. In the book there is all this build up as to why jack goes mad, it makes sense given all you know about him, why his character lets the overlook twist him. He was renowned for using supernatural events in many of his stories making them a mixture of horror, gloom, and fantasy. Theres a sequel to the shining, but its going to come in book form first. Stephen kings shining sequel doctor sleep coming next. The shining 1977, psychological horror by stephen king. He talks about being a drunk father and why the twilight series is just tweenager porn.

Stephen king has finally written a sequel to the shining. In the book, hes a guy whos struggling with his sanity and finally loses it. I just didnt think it was that great, a lot of the nuance from the book was lost unavoidably perhaps. Its not a haunted house movie, its a haunted person story. Mass market paperback in stock more buying choices mass market paperback. I obviously seen and love kubricks the shining, one of my favourite films of all time but ive also seen the one stephen king made for tv and feck me its dog shit. It is an adaptation of the novel doctor sleep, which is stephen kings sequel to his novel, the shining. Inevitably doctor sleep, like most of king books, has been optioned and is to be made into a film and is. The following article contains spoilers for doctor sleep, in theaters now director mike flanagan covers a lot of ground connecting his adaptation of stephen kings doctor sleep, not just to its parent book, but also to the shining, as its a sequel to both stanley kubricks movie as well as the novel. Read the book for the sequel and will give this a go, but it wont be as good as the original as the book isnt as strong.

The actor who played the child, dan lloyd, is now living in louisville. He moves with his family, son danny and wife winnie, into the hotel for the winter. So how happy was i to find this as a great big fat deal of the day on amazon. I also enjoyed dramas on the side with eric and ories characters i love them as friends and wish i had them in my life. Nov 08, 2019 he writes a sequel to a beloved book that not only doesnt diminish the shining but actually adds to it. Sep 28, 2011 theres a sequel to the shining, but its going to come in book form first. The shining sequel doctor sleep will be rated r collider. Doctor sleep looks like a love letter to stephen king and stanley kubrick june, 2019 2. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on november 8, 2019 in the united states. He writes a sequel to a beloved book that not only doesnt diminish the shining but actually adds to it. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. Doctor sleep looks like a love letter to stephen king.

Jun, 2019 the horror author has disavowed the 1980 adaptation of the shining, but the sequel has his stamp of approval. Mad love is one of those stories that judges love as something more physical than intimate. With ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson, kyliegh curran, cliff curtis. Theyre about how the love of a girl can turn a bad boy good. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20. Its also a film that revisits and recontextualizes stanley. The man behind the shining sequel talks kubrick, king, and. Mike flanagans spiritual sequel to the shining, doctor sleep, is elevated by great performances by rebecca ferguson, ewan mcgregor, and kyleigh curran. Flanagan rewrote akiva goldsmans adaptation of stephen kings 20 novel that picks up. Sleep and will be out at the end of the summer in 20.

Stephen kings biggest problem with stanley kubricks version. Doctor sleep takes off years after the end of the shining, and while. It was certainly much maligned back in 1980, but then. 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.

Whatever happened to that kid in stephens king novel the shining. One is that the shining is an absolutely terrifying horror movie. Stanley, for his part, was more interested in the baroque aspects of steves book, and saw jack as a man who was mad all along, and just looking. King answers that question with his new book, doctor sleep, delving back into.

A love story about pain, betrayal, getting better, getting even and falling in love all over again. The movie, the shining, is a cinematic masterpiece directed by stanley kubrick. Mike flanagan on how doctor sleep also honors mick. The followup is based on stephen kings novel of the same name. Unhappy with the way hollywood treated forrest gump by. I am so obsessed with colet abedis mad love book series, so when i learned that. Please, for some strange unknown reason, i havent had a chance to read dr. 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. Sleep 20 by stephen king deadline is reporting that the film is being rushed into production with geralds game mike flanagan scheduled to direct the story continues decades after the events of the overlook hotel in which a young danny torrance was terrorized by his possessed alcoholic father. It isnt often i say a book is unputdownable, but its the only word that covers it. Stephen king says stanley kubricks the shining is like a big. Lies, and videotape sequel in quarantine and is eager to direct it a first. But in my humble opinion, he is not the best director for character development. I thought the book was good, but i wouldnt consider it horror as the shining was.

A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. In a world of scarlett sequel to gone with the wind or the book of the green planet. Elements of mad love, were later established as the canonical origin for. But every tear, every pain and every laughter is worth believing that fairy tales still happen in real life. But hey, im not complaining, especially when the latest of these adaptations is the longawaited sequel to the shining.

Stephen king has written a lot of books at 56 novels, hes closing in. I first read the shining at age 12 and have been a fan ever since. A sequel to one of his most iconic books the shining written 36 years and 51 novelshes pretty scared of that leprechaun ago, when it came out the most recent project that had kings. Please note that im just talking about the movie here, not the book. 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. John daniel edward torrance is the main character of stephen kings horror novel the shining. The novel reintroduces the shinings main character, danny torrance, as a grownup.

Stephen king famously hated stanley kubricks adaptation of the shining. Comic book characters, comic books art, comic art, comics girls, fun comics, adventure time girls, super heroine. Jul 25, 2014 of developing a sequel to the shining, based on stephen kings newly published follow updoctor sleep. The discomforting legacy of wendy torrance vulture.

Im in the minority i think, i deeply disliked the shining film. Doctor sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to the. From ghastly visions and clairvoyant children to the evil machinations of a haunted hotel, stephen kings 1977 horror classic the shining, and the 1980 movie adaptation by stanley kubrick, have inspired legions of horror books and movies. When shes not writing shes either off on an adventure in a far off land or planning her next getaway. Set several decades after jack torrance went mad in the overlook hotel, doctor sleep sees an adult danny ewan mcgregor, an alcoholic struggling to suppress his gift of the shining, share a. It makes jack less of a villain more of a ghost influenced, then possessed person and you get to see more of why he is sorta on the edge. Stephen king, who crafted the novel that was adapted into the terrifying 1980 film, read from excerpts of the shinings sequel, dr.

I dont think the people that didnt read the book realize this. Recently, moviegoers returned to the overlook hotel in mike flanagans adaptation of doctor sleep, kings 20 sequel to the shining. Doctor sleep sequel to the shining trailers neogaf. A funeral procession passes us on the left, as we ride a shuttle to blackhall studios in atlanta, the soundstages where doctor sleep, the sequel to the shining, is being filmed.

Harley quinn by bruce timm from batman animation series bruce timm, dc comics, comics. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining. I understand stephen king writing a sequel in order to cash in on the shining s reputation, but this movie looks like standard throwaway horror schlock. Im almost finished reading the shining and have only about twenty more pages left. The book is a little better then the movie in my opinion. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Stephen king the shining sequel doctor sleep in the role of dr. If audiences go in expecting a sequel to the shining but doesnt really deliver on being a sequel to the shining then that would be bad. Doctor sleep looks like a love letter to stephen king and. 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.

With recent smash hit adaptations like it, geralds game, and even a tv series, castle rock, it seems like theres a new king adaptation every week. How doctor sleep is both a sequel to stephen kings and. The novel doctor sleep is an official sequel to the shining that king wrote in 20. Im warning you that this book isnt for everyone because theres one thing im sure of and it is the curse of instalove. Stjepan sejics threeissue series harleen takes a mature look at how. Stephen king sets release date for sequel to the shining. Stephen king himself has said repeatedly that the two might as well be completely different things. Dont touch kubrick films, unless youre an equally as mad genius whose perfectionist work borders on the insane. 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. Stephen king himself, famously not a fan of the film adaptation of his book, was downright. Sep 18, 20 creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book whatever happened to that kid in stephens king novel the. Smashwords knight in shining suit a book by jerilee kaye. She wrote a novelization and sequel to lost in space, novelizations of two episodes of the. 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.

May 23, 2016 perhaps harder to believe than the fact that stanley kubricks the shining which turns 36 today wasnt universally beloved by critics in 1980 is the idea that it was nominated for two. The book, the shining, is a literary masterpiece written by stephen king. 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 follow up to mad love, mad love 2, left me wanting. May 10, 2012 way back in november of 2009 we got word that stephen king was working on a sequel novel to the shining, the book on which the classic stanley kubrick horror film of the same name is based. Bruce greenwood boards the shining sequel doctor sleep. The director of the shining sequel knows he had an. Doctor sleep trailer shining sequel reaction youtube. It focuses on an adult danny torrence who continues to struggle with the memories of what happened at the overlook hotel, where his father, jack, was driven mad by the evil forces present there while working as the winter caretaker. Stephen king damns shelley duvalls character in film of the. Way back in november of 2009 we got word that stephen king was working on a sequel novel to the shining, the book on which the classic stanley kubrick horror film.

The shining cannot be replicated, but doctor sleep is a powerful continuation that haunts the reader in a similar way. 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. Sleep, the sk novel that explores what happens to danny as an adult. It is regarded in some quarters as kings best book. The setting is the overlook, a palatial resort on a colorado mountain top, snowbound and closed down for the long, long. Feb 04, 2016 there are two nearly undeniable truths about stanley kubrick version of stephen kings the shining. The shining, by stephen king, is slowly but surely changing that perception.

Many of the interpretations of the shining, especially those on the room 237 documentary have been mistakenly labeled as conspiracy theories. More than 30 years after stephen king terrified us with the shining, hes written a sequel, drawing on his alcoholism and a neardeath experience. Kubrick, as a filmmaker, has a unique sensibility for creating beautiful and engaging scenes and settings. Jun, 2019 i love both the film and the book of the original shining but i think the book was a bit better. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel. King does a good job in all of his books to keep a relatively gloomy sensation while reading them. Kings book picks up with a middleaged danny torrance years after the events at the overlook hotel, still psychic but in. As expected, there are quite a few subversions flanagan makes so lets compare how. Doctor sleep is an ambitious, flawed sequel to the shining. Interpretations, also known as theories or readings are fan based interpretations of the meanings of hidden themes found in the 1980 stanley kubrick film version of the 1977 stephen king novel the shining. I would have liked to have seen 1980 special effects departments tackling the vicious topiary animals from the book. Flanagan said, it is an adaptation of the novel doctor sleep, which is stephen kings sequel to his novel, the shining. How harleen lays groundwork for an rrated harley quinn movie.

Tameabby walters fell in love with me when she was a child. On a tropical island vacation, virgin sophie walker turns up the heat with british. A sequel to the shining is getting made based on the book dr. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining now. Many viewers even some who love the shining find duvalls acting strangely. I think this will be the most anticipated book by mr. Is stephen kings the shining sequel doctor sleep any good. A presold prefab blockbuster, what with kings carrie hitting the moviehouses, salems lot being lensed, the shining itself sold to warner bros.