The actor, who’s cast as grown-up Danny Torrance, insists that the new movie will be a very faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 2013 book of the same name.
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Ewan McGregor can’t wait to hear and read what Stephen King fans think of his new film, the sequel to classic horror-thriller The Shining.
The Scottish actor has been cast as the grown-up Danny Torrance in Doctor Sleep, which he insists will be a very faithful adaptation of King’s 2013 book of the same name, and he can only hope that the horror writer and fans of the original Stanley Kubrick movie are happy with the finished project.
Mike Flanagan will direct Doctor Sleep from Akiva Goldsman’s reworked adapted screenplay. Goldsman will serve as the film’s executive producer.
In Doctor Sleep, Torrance is a hospice employee trying to help the dying come to terms with death. According to Deadline, he establishes a psychic connection with a young girl who shares his extreme extrasensory abilities, and who is being targeted by a scary group with similar powers. Her experiences take Danny back to the horrors of the Overlook Hotel, where the story around The Shining took place.
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