Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros.’ Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep has cast Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes) and Carl Lumbly (Supergirl) as Wendy Torrance and Dick Halloran, characters portrayed by Shelley Duvall and Scatman Crothers in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The duo join the previously announced Ewan McGregor (Christopher Robin), who is playing the now-adult […]
Fede Alvarez’s new horror film is described as “The Shining set in the White House”
Fede Alvarez, the director behind Evil Dead 2013, Don’t Breathe, and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, and his writing partner Rodolfo Sayagues have closed an overall deal with Legendary Pictures, Deadline reports. The deal will see Alvarez and Sayagues developing and producing projects through their Bad Hombre Films banner starting with a horror movie that is being […]
Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers The Newton Brothers talk Mike Flanagan and The Shining
Sean Wilson chats to the composers of Doctor Sleep, the Newton Brothers, about working with director Mike Flanagan, and following in the footsteps of The Shining… Classic Stanley Kubrick horror The Shining casts a formidable legacy in more ways than one. The filmmaker’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel is famously ambiguous (to the extent that the […]
Stephen King says Doctor Sleep redeems Kubrick’s The Shining
The fact that Stephen King disliked Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining, is film trivia as old as the ghosts who walk the corridors of the Overlook Hotel. Now, with the release of the next chapter in The Shining story, Doctor Sleep, rolling out in cinemas across the globe, the legendary horror writer has claimed […]
Movie Review – Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep, 2019. Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Carel Struycken, Bruce Greenwood, Chelsea Talmadge, Alex Essoe, Catherine Parker, and Selena Anduze SYNOPSIS: Years after the events of The Shining, a grownup Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has repressed his abilities and hit the […]
Ewan McGregor, Stephen King and Mike Flanagan discuss Doctor Sleep in new featurette
Ahead of its UK release this Halloween, another featurette has been released for the supernatural horror Doctor Sleep which sees author Stephen King, director Mike Flanagan, and star Ewan McGregor discuss how the film serves as a sequel to The Shining while honouring both Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation and King’s 1977 novel; watch it here… […]
Doctor Sleep gets two new posters featuring Ewan McGregor’s Dan Torrance
With just a week to go until the UK release of Doctor Sleep, two new posters have arrived online for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation featuring Ewan McGregor’s Dan Torrance; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Doctor Sleep is the second-longest Stephen King adaptation after It: Chapter Two “Doctor Sleep” continues the story of Danny […]
Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep gets a new poster
Fandango has unveiled a new poster for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s supernatural horror novel Doctor Sleep, while revealing that Fandango VIP members can check out the movie nine days earlier than its US release date at participating theaters; check out the poster here… “Doctor Sleep” continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years […]
New poster for Doctor Sleep channels The Shining
Warner Bros. has released another poster for Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep which pays homage to its predecessor The Shining; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Stephen King says Doctor Sleep is “a terrific sequel” to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining SEE ALSO: Doctor Sleep director on recreating shots from The Shining “Doctor Sleep” […]
Stephen King says Doctor Sleep is “a terrific sequel” to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
With a little over a month to go until the release of Doctor Sleep, a new featurette has arrived online for the upcoming horror which sees director Mike Flanagan, author Stephen King, and star Ewan McGregor discussing Danny’s journey since his terrifying experience at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining, with King describing the movie […]
