Stephen kings doctor sleep 2019 showtimes, movie tickets. Dec 31, 2019 before doctor sleep was a critically acclaimed movie, it was a book by stephen king, and heres why the legendary author decided to write it. Director mike flanagan and producer trevor macy on recreating the overlook hotel, casting the shining doppelgangers and necessary diversions from stephen kings book in doctor sleep. But mike flanagan explains how doctor sleep bucked that trend. And yet, the author of the novel famously hates the movie based on his work. Ewan mcgregor stars as danny torrance, the son of the shining protagonist jack torrance. Author stephen king has been very vocal about his discontent for stanley kubricks the shining, starring jack nicholson and shelley duvall. Here are the major differences between the doctor sleep book and mike flanagans movie. Ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson and newcomer kyliegh curran star in the supernatural thriller, directed by mike flanagan, from his own screenplay based upon the novel by stephen king. Stephen kings doctor sleep official site available now. Mike flanagan on changing kings doctor sleep ending nerdist. 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. Doctor sleep film changes made from the stephen king book.
Doctor sleep mike flanagan returning to stephen king. Oct 30, 2019 the overlook hotel is still plenty creepy, as is the crusty naked ghost lady in room 217. Doctor sleep features one whopper of a shining return. Doctor sleep is the 63rd book published by stephen king. Much like the novel its based on, it does not feel very much at all like the shining.
Nov 06, 2019 author stephen king has been very vocal about his discontent for stanley kubricks the shining, starring jack nicholson and shelley duvall. An incredibly prolific literary force, king has written over 60 fulllength novels, and more than 200 short stories, but one thing hes rarely done is write sequels to his work. I find the series to be a bit boring, and i didnt like the kid that plays danny. Stephen king thinks doctor sleep redeems his dislike of. But the adaptation of stephen kings doctor sleep is more likely to keep you awake at night with the. Ewan mcgregor as the grownup dan torrance in doctor sleep, an adaptation of a stephen king novel that revisits the. Trevor macy, who teamed with flanagan on the 2019 adaptation of king s doctor sleep, will. Doctor sleep, the bigscreen adaptation of kings 20 novel sequel to the shining, hit cinemas last week, and you can be quite sure that writerdirector mike flanagan will have been acutely. Ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson and newcomer kyliegh curran star in the supernatural thriller, directed by mike flanagan, from his own screenplay based upon the novel by. Stephen king says doctor sleep redeems stanley kubricks. Doctor sleep continues the story of danny torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the overlook hotel in the shining. The doctor sleep team is tackling another stephen king movie.
Doctor sleep stephen kings 20 sequel to the shining gets turned into a film thats long and prosaic but also creepy and scary. Nov 07, 2019 doctor sleep owes a bigger debt to the stanley kubrick film than the books, with ewan mcgregor as dan torrance in a movie that flames out down the stretch. The novel is a direct sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. But i do think that a doctor sleep movie could be great. Stephen king revealed that he was writing the novel in 2011, and it was published in 20.
Stephen king s 2014 novel revival is his latest book coming to the big screen. Nov 08, 2019 doctor sleep is the most ambitious film of the year. Continuing where the shining left off, its an allnew tale of supernatural powers and homicidal menace starring a grownup dan. Stephen kings doctor sleep final trailer hd youtube. Nov 08, 2019 doctor sleep is a horror film based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king. But the adaptation of stephen king s doctor sleep is more likely to keep you awake at night with the. I need to watch the shining before watching doctor sleep to understand this movie. Doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan. Stephen king doctor sleep movie reaction stephen king says. Browse stephen kings doctor sleep movie showtimes and book movie tickets for all gv, cathay, shaw, filmgarde and we singapore cinemas. The book is a sequel to the shining, the movie adaptation of which king notoriously hated. Stephen kings revival getting movie from doctor sleep. Doctor sleep director mike flanagan on stephen king and creating a followup to the shining and following in the footsteps of both stephen king and stanley kubrick. Doctor sleep is the years third high profile stephen king film following pet sematary and it chapter two.
How doctor sleep combines stephen king and stanley. Sep 24, 2019 doctor sleep is based on the king novel by the same name, published in 20. 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. Years following the events of the shining, a nowadult dan torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as the true knot. Doctor sleep tries to reconcile the visions of stephen. How the doctor sleep movie compares to the novel by stephen king. Its a stephenkinginvitesyoutoponderthenatureofevil kind of movie. Doctor sleep tries to reconcile the visions of stephen king and stanley kubrick. Doctor sleep is a stephen king movie for the first two hours doctor sleep is a film that is very frontheavy in regards to how it handles its source material. His latest feature, doctor sleep, adapted from the novel by stephen king, is both a sequel to king s celebrated novel, the shining, and stanley kubricks iconic 1980 adaptation of the latter. Geralds game, set out to meld kubricks movie with kings novel.
Following the events of the shining, danny remains psychologically traumatized, while wendy, his mother, slowly recovers. How doctor sleep is different from stephen kings book. Dan decides to put the shining to good use as the local hospices benevolent doctor sleep. Stephen king rejected doctor sleep pitch to recreate. Stephen king rejected doctor sleep pitch to recreate kubrick. Mike flanagan is on board to adapt the script with an option to direct.
Nov 06, 2019 stephen king famously hated stanley kubricks adaptation of the shining. Stephen kings sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Doctor sleep filmmaker mike flanagan is returning to the stephen king world onscreen with a feature adaptation of the authors 20 novel revival. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at. Filmmaker mike flanagan has been quite vocal about his doctor sleep being both a sequel to stanley kubricks the shining and an adaptation of stephen kings 20 novel of the same.
Stephen kings 1977 novel the shining, stanley kubrick. Changing stephen kings endings doesnt make the author like your movie very much. But, in his reaction to mike flanagans new doctor sleep sequel he says it redeems the original movie. Stephen kings doctor sleep official site available. Stephen king famously hated stanley kubricks adaptation of the shining. Years following the events of the shining, 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. With ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson, kyliegh curran, cliff curtis. Mike flanagan explains how he convinced stephen king that the doctor sleep movie should be a sequel to both kubricks the shining movie and kings original novel. Stephen king might approve of doctor sleep, but he has famously distanced himself from stanley kubricks classic version of the shining. Doctor sleep is the continuation of danny torrances story 40 years after the terrifying events of stephen king s the shining. Danny has psychic powers and struggles with alcoholism. Before doctor sleep was a critically acclaimed movie, it was a book by stephen king, and heres why the legendary author decided to write it. The overlook hotel is still plenty creepy, as is the crusty naked ghost lady in room 217. After the huge success of the it remake this summer, its no surprise that yet another stephen king novel adaptation is headed to a theater near you.
Stephen king doctor sleep movie reaction stephen king. Stephen kings doctor sleep only in theaters november 8. Stephen king shares his thoughts on the shining movie sequel. This is directed by mike flanagan the haunting of hill house who has proven himself to be one of the great horror auteurs. Today is another one of those joyous days, as the pair who helped bring movie adaptations of geralds game and doctor sleep to stephen king fans all over are set to work their magic on another. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. I used to work at stephen kings publisher and read doctor sleep in december 2012. Doctor sleep, mike flanagans adaptation of the novel by stephen king, catches up with danny torrance, who as a child was terrorized by demons and his. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen king s doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film written and directed by mike flanagan. Austin collins of vanity fair added doctor sleep is a horror movie, but whats immediately striking is its sudden breadth, its humble resistance to. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of king s third novel the shining. Doctor sleep ist kein stephenkingerschrecktdichzutode film. Nov 08, 2019 stephen kings sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Doctor sleep film redeems stanley kubricks shining.
Nov 06, 2019 in this stephen king adaptation, ewan mcgregor fights old and new demons. Doctor sleep was always destined to be a complicated thing. How the doctor sleep movie changed stephen kings book to. Doctor sleep owes a bigger debt to the stanley kubrick film than the books, with ewan mcgregor as dan torrance in a movie that flames out down the stretch. Doctor sleep is based on the king novel by the same name, published in 20. Deadline has confirmed that doctor sleep filmmaker mike flanagan is returning to the stephen king world onscreen with a feature adaptation of. Stephen king thinks doctor sleep redeems his dislike of the. How the doctor sleep movie changed stephen kings book. An incredibly prolific literary force, king has written over 60 fulllength novels, and more than 200 short stories, but. It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to. Nov 05, 2019 mike flanagan explains how he convinced stephen king that the doctor sleep movie should be a sequel to both kubricks the shining movie and kings original novel. However, mike flanagans adaptation of doctor sleep.
Yes, it is more faithful to the book, that is true. Stephen king based on the novel by, mike flanagan screenplay. What follows discusses a major reveal and the ending of the stephen king movie doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining. Doctor sleep is the continuation of danny torrances story 40 years after the terrifying events of stephen kings the shining. It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to king s 1977 novel the shining. The film premiered in most countries on october 31, 2019, and it premiered in the u.
How involved was stephen king with the movie sequel to the shining. The film version of the shining diverges heavily from stephen kings novel so how does doctor sleep, adapted from kings sequel story, bridge the gaps between these books and movies. Nov 06, 2019 doctor sleep is the new film that attempts to act as sequel to both book and movie, and stephen king thinks its so good, it redeems the shining movie in his eyes. Doctor sleep tries to reconcile the visions of stephen king. 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. Doctor sleep everything you need to know about the. Nov 09, 2019 the new stephen king horror sequel doctor sleep brings back one of cinemas most infamous antagonists, albeit wielding a bottle of booze instead of his usual weapon of destruction.
Doctor sleep, the new stephen king movie from writer and director mike flanagan, tries to reconcile three essentially incompatible texts. It is his 52nd novel and the 45th under his own name. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Nov 05, 2019 the final result is a doctor sleep movie that pays tribute to both king and kubricks different visions, but king almost prevented kubrick from seeping into the film. Why does stephen king hate the movie version of the shining. Nov 12, 2019 as it turns out, stephen king was equally haunted by the fate of danny in particular and finally revisited the character in his 20 novel doctor sleep, which dives into the events. I found doctor sleep, based on the book by stephen king and the sequel to the shining, to be really, really good. Doctor sleep is the new film that attempts to act as sequel to both book. Shining sequel haunted by ghosts of horrors past welcome back to the overlook, courtesy of this stephen king adaptation that owes a lot to its kubrickdirected. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. Today is another one of those joyous days, as the pair who helped bring movie adaptations of geralds game and doctor sleep to stephen. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining, picking up the story of danny torrance as an adult. Stephen king on alcoholism and returning to the shining.
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