Hinton, author of comingofage novel the outsiders, promised shell never write a sequel to the book or participate in a remake of its movie version. My abiding hope is that several minutes of the film are devoted to the history of dannys bowl cut, and the year of his life in which he finally shaved it off. This book is by far the best book i have ever read in my year old life and i am sure that it is the best book s. We just read the first one in school and i loved it.
For his part, king is working on a sequel to the shining, but it doesnt appear that the prequel is connected with that novel. I stood there, in front of johnnys grave, with the rain soaking me from head to toe. Kings new novel, the outsider, starts out as a crime story. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller.
Ewan mcgregor to star in stephen kings shining sequel. Stephen king finally reawakens danny torrance in doctor. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie. Set several years after jack torrance was driven to madness at the. 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. Ewan mcgregor to star in the shining sequel doctor sleep. How the outsider hbo show compares to the stephen king book. 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. The shining paired with new sequel in chilling double. Just thinking about those words that slipped from johnnys mouth made my knees become weak, and i almost collapsed, but fell into two strong arms. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining. I saw the one with tom cruise, matt dillon, and patrick swazey in.
There is no official sequel tothe outsiders, though that was then, this is now is often said to be. Man i hated mr mercedes, in my opinion it had a villain that made my eyes role so fast he might as well have written that the guy played shooters, liked to torture animals and fucked his siblings. Why doctor sleep had to end at the shinings overlook. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. The book is a sequel to the stephen king horror classic the shining. Tears welled up in my eyes as i recalled his last words, stay gold ponyboy, stay gold. The shining sequel to star ewan mcgregor as danny torrance. Stephen king, famously, does not care for stanley kubricks acclaimed adaptation of the shining. In a bit of a meta moment, kings latest book, the outsider, features a moment when a character disses the shining, although not all kubrick is bad. 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. So begins if it bleeds, a standalone sequel to the no.
But that, king says in an interview, was a deflective thing. However, unlike rumble fish, ponyboy curtis, the main character of the outsiders, appears in that was then, this is now and even takes part in. Ewan mcgregor will play jack nicholsons screen son, a nowgrown danny torrance, in doctor sleep, a sequel to the shining adapted from stephen kings book of the same name. Stephen king returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, the shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middleaged dan torrance the boy protagonist of the shining and the very special 12yearold girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
Stephen kings unfortunate sequel to the shining will become a movie written by akiva goldsman theres a lot of bad news here. The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets. The shining prequel will be its own film posted on tuesday, october 6th, 2015 by jack giroux when a prequel to the shining was announced, it didnt sound like such a hot idea. With ewan mcgregor, rebecca ferguson, kyliegh curran, cliff curtis. A sequel to the shining is currently in development. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Doctor sleep is a sequel to shining movie and stephen king.
Mike flanagan confirms his the shining sequel doctor sleep will acknolwedge stanely kubricks adaptation, despite differences between book and film. The shining along with its 2019 sequel, doctor sleep will be shown three times at the gateway film center. The film is a sequel to the shining and casts ewan mcgregor as an adult danny torrence. King wrote many of his scariest books salems lot in 1975, the shining in 1977, the stand in 1978 while in a purple haze. It contains references to characters in the outsiders including ponyboy curtis, curly and tim. And on sunday, hbo is debuting the latest, a 10part adaptation of his recent novel, the outsider. The highlyanticipated followup to stephen kings iconic haunted hotel film, the shining, has just earned a release date. Ewan mcgregor and rebecca ferguson have joined the cast, which will take viewers into the life of danny torrence. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was. Years following the events of the shining, a nowadult dan torrence meets a. 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.
The book, like rumble fish, takes place in tulsa, oklahoma, hintons hometown and the setting of her first book, the outsiders. This one really surprised me, i loved it, thought that it had a lot of salems lot in it. Ewan mcgregor will star as grownup danny torrance in the film version of doctor sleep, stephen kings sequel to the shining, according to variety the book. He put off the shining sequel out of fears it would be inferior to the original, which is one of my books. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary.
Kings book picks up with a middleaged danny torrance years after the events at the overlook hotel, still psychic but in. How many different versions of the movie are there. 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. Action thriller murder this book shows you the life of teenagers as rough as it could get, killing, hiding and fighting. There was a sequel to what is arguably his most famous novel, the shining. Director mike flanagan confirms his forthcoming movie adaptation of stephen kings doctor sleep will be a sequel to and bridge the gap between both the shining movie universe and the original novel.
Doctor sleep, based on the king novel of the same name, will land in. King is said to have given his approval for the casting. How doctor sleep connects to the shining, explained collider. Doctor sleep trailer 2019 ewan mcgregor the shining sequel horror movie plot. 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.
The horror master has, on numerous occasions, talked about. Recent years have brought lots of stephen king tales to both the big and small screens. Review the shining sequel pays homage to the original. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the. Considering stanley kubricks 1980 shining adaptation is considered. Tiril the book, like rumble fish, takes place in tulsa, oklahoma in the same universe as hintons first book, the outsiders. However, unlike rumble fish, ponyboy curtis, the main character of the outsiders, appears in that was then, this is now and even takes part in the events surrounding the dance and killing spree.
The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Stephen kings sequel to the shining is coming to the big. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. The movie, the shining, is a cinematic masterpiece directed by stanley kubrick. Stephen kings unfortunate sequel to the shining will. Stephen kings reign of terror continues in a new novel. Kings new book would focus on a nowgrown danny torrance, the son of shining protagonist jack torrance played in the film by jack nicholson. Emma brockes more than 30 years after stephen king first terrified readers with the shining, hes written a sequel, drawing on his alcoholism and a. The book, the shining, is a literary masterpiece written by stephen king. Stanley kubricks the shining is one of many horror fans favorite stephen king adaptations, which makes the upcoming sequel adaptation, doctor sleep, a highly anticipated event. Doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to the shining. Published in 2009, doctor sleep is the sequel to kings seminal horror novel the shining, which was published in 1977.
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