Variety reports McGregor will portray an older Danny Torace, the son from the original movie. Stephen King is said to have given his blessing on the casting.
The sequel follows Danny, now in his 40s, who's still haunted by the Overlook Hotel. He's dealing with a similar drinking problem as his father Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining).However, Danny eventually sobers and regains his "shining" powers, and establishes a psychic connection with a young girl, who is being targeted by a group with similar abilities. Doctor Sleep will directly connect to the events in The Shining and the Overlook Hotel.
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The book is pretty good, but very different from The Shining... and given how different the endings of book and movie versions of the Shining are, it will play a huge factor in the ending here (which was related to the ending of the book of the Shining).
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Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:19 pm
The book is pretty good, but very different from The Shining... and given how different the endings of book and movie versions of the Shining are, it will play a huge factor in the ending here (which was related to the ending of the book of the Shining).
I never read the book. Can you give a spoiler on how the ending was different.
Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:19 pm
The book is pretty good, but very different from The Shining... and given how different the endings of book and movie versions of the Shining are, it will play a huge factor in the ending here (which was related to the ending of the book of the Shining).
I never read the book. Can you give a spoiler on how the ending was different.
Ending spoiler:
Spoiler:
In the book, the hotel blows up at the end. In the movie, it's still there, and they just run away.
Black Lives definitely Matter Lorini!
Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I really liked the book, but as pointed out it is VERY different from The Shining. To the point that if you removed Danny and didn't call his power "the Shine" you'd probably read it just as another stand-alone King novel.
Ewan McGregor is always a solid choice so I'm very much looking forward to it. At this point do we really need King's "blessing" on casting though? He's not known to be the most particular about how his works are adapted.
I watched this last night, and overall I enjoyed it. It's interesting that the book is a sequel to the book, but the movie adaptation of the book is more of a sequel to the movie adaptation of the original book. I can see why they did that - the movie audience is more likely to have seen the original movie than to have read the original book - but it also makes me wonder if they missed a marketing opportunity by not calling it Shining 2 - Doctor Sleep.
I enjoyed it as well. I thought it would just end up being a retread of the original (I didn’t read the book), so I was pleasantly surprised that it was a whole new story set in that world.
