![]() ![]() And Doctor Sleep won’t be his first King adaptation - Flanagan made an excellent film out of King’s novel Gerald’s Game, which was praised by the author. Flanagan has quickly become one of the most popular new names in horror, thanks to a string of indie films like Oculus and Hush, and the hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, of which Flanagan wrote and directed every episode. King hated that movie so hard, in fact, that he scripted a miniseries version for ABC that aired in 1997.ĭoctor Sleep writer/director Mike Flanagan is certainly up to the challenge of pleasing fans of the Kubrick film while not causing King to self-immolate (although in fairness, the author has gradually chosen to stay quiet about the numerous adaptations of his work if he doesn’t like them). Stephen King hated the 1980 Kubrick movie as hard as he possibly could, spending years bemoaning the changes the director had made to his story and the performances of the actors. There’s a second wrinkle in that equation that needs to be addressed. It has to be a sequel to both the iconic film The Shining, and the bestselling novel The Shining. However, Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining deviates from King’s novel in a few significant ways, which puts the new movie in a weird position. ![]() Both films are based on books by Stephen King. ![]() Doctor Sleepcomes 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 wild-eyed bugshit performances in history. ![]()
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