Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep (2013) is a sequel to The Shining (1977) which was adapted to the big screen by Stanley Kubrick in 1980.
We announced earlier this year that Ewan McGregor is set to star in Doctor Sleep with Mike Flanagan directing. The story follows a grown up Danny Torrance who is struggling with what had happened to his father and his family years before.
Dan struggles with similar issues as his father, with alcoholism dulling the effects of ‘the shining’, and attempts to recover and lead a normal life… However he soon realises he’s not alone with these psychic gifts, and there are people who want to track him down…
The movie is released on November 8th 2019.
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