They also prefer the nomadic lifestyle of retirees in RVs because it makes them inconspicuous when they're on the hunt. And when they feed, members of the True Knot can de-age rather dramatically, in a way that makes them look 20 years younger overnight. They control the rights, so that was that.The True Knot are nomads for a number of reasons, in part because they'd attract attention if they ever stayed in one place, thanks to both their tendency to abduct children who shine and their strange aging process. I’ll always regret this didn’t happen īecause of DOCTOR SLEEP’s box office performance, Warner Bros opted not to proceed with it. I don’t want to spoil any of that, but I can say that there is new material throughout (including in the final act at the Overlook),” Flanagan said.Ī “Doctor Sleep” series set at the Overlook Hotel was also shelved at HBO Max in 2021. “There are some big new scenes, for sure. But the idea was to open with him as Carl Lumbly, and then to find a way to go back into the past and kind of tell this other story that inevitably would, very much in the way ‘Doctor Sleep’ did, inevitably bring us back to a familiar hotel.”įlanagan additionally teased a three-hour directors’ cut of “Doctor Sleep” featuring “brand new stuff that was never included in the theatrical cut” as well as extended scenes. And the ‘Doctor Sleep’ novel tees up a prologue for it perfectly with the story of his grandmother and his grandfather,” Flanagan told ReelBlend podcast (via Collider). “Hallorann was always more about Dick as a younger man learning about the shining. “If people choose not to go, that is their choice, but when something is good, I cheer for it.”ĭirector Flanagan previously said in 2020 that the sequel was supposed to go into development immediately following the wrap on “Doctor Sleep.” “Box office numbers aside, Mike Flanagan’s film is excellent,” King wrote. An ardent hater of Kubrick’s “The Shining,” Stephen King defended the movie, at the time calling “Doctor Sleep” “a terrific movie” that everyone should see to “ dig the vibe.”īob Odenkirk Vows to Make ‘The Room’ Remake a ‘Real Movie’: ‘I’m Not Mocking’ Tommy Wiseau “Doctor Sleep” starred Ewan McGregor as an older (and more haunted) Danny Torrance and opened to $14 million at the domestic box office, ultimately grossing $31 million domestic and $72 million worldwide against a $45 million budget. They control the rights, so that was that.” In the comments section, Flanagan added that the film was canceled “because of ‘Doctor Sleep’s’ box office performance, Warner Bros. The film was set to focus on the fan-favorite character Dick Hallorann, played by Scatman Crothers (and killed) in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” he’s played by Carl Lumbly in “Shining” callbacks in 2019’s “Doctor Sleep.” has officially said goodnight to the “ Doctor Sleep” sequel.ĭirector Mike Flanagan confirmed on Twitter that his proposed “ The Shining” sequel follow-up is indefinitely shelved.
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