The Shining
Warner Bros. and filmmaker Mike Flanagan were developing aDoctor Sleepsequel , but it ’s improbable to happen now . Despite havingpositive ( if mixed ) reviewsand Stephen King in its corner , Doctor Sleepis struggling at the box business office . The horror film was ab initio design to be one of November ’s big movies , given that it playact as both a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’sThe Shiningand an version of King ’s novel . thing did n’t act out that way , however , withDoctor Sleepcoming in 2nd toMidwayover this year ’s Veteran ’s Day physical body .
Even with its modest budget ( $ 45 - 55 million ) , the latest approximation claimDoctor Sleepcould end upcosting WB around $ 20 million . No doubt , that news program will come as all the more dissatisfactory to those who ’re hope the film would n’t be a one - off and could even result to a third moving-picture show set inThe Shininguniverse . As it turns out , WB really had something standardized in mind .
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accord toTHR , the studio apartment has close a deal for Flanagan ( who both write and directedDoctor Sleep ) to work on the screenplay for a followup with the go titleHallorann . As its name implies , the film would ’ve orb around Dick Hallorann , the Overlook Hotel ’s former Captain James Cook and a character play by Carl Lumbly inDoctor Sleep(taking over from the late Scatman Crothers , who played Hallorann in Kubrick’sThe Shining ) .
THR ’s article refers toHallorannas a subsequence , but that description could be shoddy . It ’s possible the film would ’ve partly beena continuation ofDoctor Sleep ’s storyline , but also partially a prequel about Hallorann and his bringing up . Alternatively , it might ’ve been a full - blown spinoff about the character reference and his own experience using his Shining big businessman as a immature gentleman’s gentleman . Hallorann teach Danny how to apply his abilities as a child andcontinued to help him in adulthood(albeit , as a ghost ) inDoctor Sleep , so there could be a really interesting story behind how he gained all that noesis in the first billet . Doctor Sleepeven suggests that Hallorann , in dying , had become an otherworldly templet to those with The Shining . As such , the continuation might ’ve instead go steady him develop into a wise man forDoctor Sleep ’s teenaged admirer , Abra Stone ( Kyliegh Curran ) , and helping to guide her on her own journey .
Speculation apart , Hallorannwill ( sadly ) in all probability never come to pass now . WB is hoping to avoid losing too much money onDoctor Sleepat this point , give them little incentive to try and find a style to continueThe Shiningfranchise for a third motion picture . Of course , that does n’t have in mind audiences should , er , sleep on seeingDoctor Sleepin theaters if they ’re concerned in it . King and Flanagan have evenencouraged those who get it on the sequel to distribute the wordand get other multitude to check it out . That may not be enough to get WB to green - light another film , but it should allowDoctor Sleepto avert being dismissed as a box office dashing hopes and picayune more .
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informant : THR
