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Doctor Sleep

posted 11 years ago by amorlover2002
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Anyone think King's upcoming sequel will get adapted as well?

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[–] Conor_52 11 years ago

Nearly everything he writes gets adapted eventually so it's only a matter of time. Not sure if it will actually follow something or be more of a stand alone thing though. It may depend on how much the story depends on The Shining. Its definetaly not going to follow this and it probably won't follow Kubrick's version either as its so different from the book and this is a sequel to the book. But yeah I assume they will make it eventually.

[–] Miss_Sui_Generis 10 years ago

Of course. Cross your fingers for a good director.

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[–] faeria 10 years ago

Well, they just announced another one of his works being adapted: http://tvline.com/2014/06/24/big-driver-stephen-king-lifetime-movie-ma ria-bello/
(and pretty much everything he does seems to be) so, yeah, I think Doctor Sleep will eventually.

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[–] rudypen1216 10 years ago

I honestly hope the movie Doctor Sleep follows this movie in the future. Unlike most King or Kubrick fans, I actually like this movie. I'd love for Cortland Mead to return as Danny, and I think a theatrical release would be a genius idea even if it follows a mini-tv movie.

[–] star_in_the_zenith_79 10 years ago

Has anyone read Dr Sleep yet?

[–] amidalasky 10 years ago

I have. I liked it quite a bit.

It seems less a direct sequel than King simply answering what he admits in the Afterword that fans have been asking him for years: "What happened to the kid from 'The Shining'?"

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[–] Jeorj Euler 10 years ago

I honestly hope the movie Doctor Sleep follows this movie in the future. Unlike most King or Kubrick fans, I actually like this movie.

Just to note, Stanley Kubrick didn't exactly honor Stephen King's vision.