The Overlook Hotel made Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) wildly obsessive in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” and it pretty much did the same thing to director Mike Flanagan when he stepped behind the camera for “Doctor Sleep.”The upcoming Warner.
Bros horror film is based on Stephen King’s 2013 sequel novel to “The Shining,” following an adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) as he wrestles with his father’s dark legacy and the reemergence of his supernatural powers.
Flanagan has already gone on record saying his “Doctor Sleep” film will be an adaptation of King’s novel that also takes into consideration Kubrick’s 1980 film adaptation.
The latter component led Flanagan on an obsessive mission to recreate the Overlook Hotel exactly as it appears in “The Shining.”
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