"plans to release ""Doctor Sleep"" in theaters in the United States on , 2020. Doctor Sleep (2020 film) Doctor Sleep is an upcoming American horror film based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film is directed by Mike Flanagan based on his rewrite of Akiva Goldsman's script. Ewan McGregor stars as Danny Torrance, a man with psychic powers and who struggles with alcoholism. King's novel ""Doctor Sleep"" is a sequel to his 1977 horror novel ""The Shining"", in which the character Danny Torrance first appears as a child with psychic powers called ""the shining""."
"The Shining (film) The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name"". ""The Shining"" is about Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd). Danny possesses ""the shining"", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific"
"The Shining (novel) The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King. Published in 1977, it is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller: the success of the book firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his recovery from alcoholism. The novel was followed by a sequel, ""Doctor Sleep"", published in 2013. ""The Shining"" centers on the life of Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as"
"Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film ""The Shining"" based on the Stephen King novel. Several scenes are based on the film, such as when Shannon Leto enters Room 6277 and encounters the woman in the bathroom and another when Matt Wachter is served drinks at the bar by a doppelgänger apparition. The video culminates in an elegant ballroom in the same manner as the photo at the end of the film. At 2:07, the papers that Jared Leto has been typing are briefly made visible and the words on them appear to read, over and over, ""This is who I really am."""
"having criticized its handling of the book's themes and of Wendy's character, it is regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. The novel was also adapted to a television mini-series, which premiered in 1997. Stephen King wrote and closely monitored the making of the series to ensure it followed the novel's narrative. The Shining (novel) The Shining is a horror novel by American author Stephen King. Published in 1977, it is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller: the success of the book firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting"
"The Shining (opera) The Shining is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by composer Paul Moravec and a libretto by Mark Campbell, based on the novel by Stephen King. The opera received its world premiere on 7 May 2016 at the Ordway Music Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is part of the ""New Works Initiative"" of Minnesota Opera. The idea for an opera based on the Stephen King novel originated with Eric Simonson, who directed the premiere production of the resulting work, and Minnesota Opera Artistic Director Dale Johnson. Moravec and Campbell deliberately designed their"
"The Shining (miniseries) The Shining (stylized as Stephen King's The Shining) is a three-part horror television miniseries. Directed by Mick Garris from King's teleplay, the series was first aired in 1997. Jack Torrance's alcoholism and explosive temper have cost him his teaching job at Stovington, a respectable prep school. He is also on the verge of losing his family, after assaulting his young son Danny in a drunken rage just a year earlier. Horrified by what he has become, Jack tells his wife Wendy that should he ever start drinking again, he will leave them one way or another, implying"
"Shining"" firmly set in my mind."" ""The Shining"" was published in 1977 and became the third great success of King's career after ""Carrie"" and ""'Salem's Lot"". The primary setting is an isolated Colorado resort called the Overlook Hotel which closes for the winter. In the front matter of the book, King tactfully states, ""Some of the most beautiful resort hotels in the world are located in Colorado, but the hotel in these pages is based on none of them. The Overlook and the people associated with it exist wholly in the author's imagination."" King locates the Overlook Hotel near the"
"Jack Torrance John Daniel Edward ""Jack"" Torrance is the main protagonist of Stephen King's horror novel ""The Shining"" (1977). He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the novel's 1980 movie adaptation (as antagonist) and by Steven Weber in the 1997 miniseries. The American Film Institute rated the character (as played by Nicholson) the 25th greatest film villain of all time. In 2008, Jack Torrance was selected by ""Empire Magazine"" as one of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"". ""Premiere Magazine"" also ranked Torrance on their list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". He is married to Wendy Torrance,"
"""The Shining"", released in 1980, was adapted from the novel of the same name by bestselling horror writer Stephen King. ""The Shining"" was not the only horror film to which Kubrick had been linked; he had turned down the directing of both ""The Exorcist"" (1973) and """" (1977), despite once saying in 1966 to a friend that he had long desired to ""make the world's scariest movie, involving a series of episodes that would play upon the nightmare fears of the audience"". The film stars Jack Nicholson as a writer who takes a job as a winter caretaker of a"
"Room 237 Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations and perceived meanings of Stanley Kubrick's film ""The Shining"" (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film includes footage from ""The Shining"" and other Kubrick films, along with discussions by a number of Kubrick enthusiasts. The film has nine segments, each segment focusing on different elements within the film which ""may reveal hidden clues and hint at a bigger thematic oeuvre."" The film was produced by Tim Kirk. The title refers to a room in"
"Danny Torrance Daniel Anthony ""Danny"" Torrance is a fictional character that first appears in the 1977 novel ""The Shining"" by Stephen King as a child with psychic powers called ""the shining"". His parents are father Jack Torrance and mother Wendy Torrance. The character also appears in the 1980 film adaptation ""The Shining"" and was played by Danny Lloyd. The character also appears in the 1997 TV miniseries ""The Shining"" and was played by Courtland Mead. In 2013, Stephen King released the novel ""Doctor Sleep"", a sequel to the 1977 novel that features an adult Danny Torrance as the protagonist. Warner"
"about half of it and got impatient with it and turned it off"". According to King, he ""never had much patience for academic bullshit;"" several of the interpretations of ""The Shining"" come from academics and professors. King felt the filmmakers and theorists were ""reaching for things that weren't there"". Room 237 Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations and perceived meanings of Stanley Kubrick's film ""The Shining"" (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film includes footage from ""The Shining"" and other Kubrick films,"
"time of the May 2016 performances, the entire run was sold out. Reviews of the opera's premiere were generally favourable to all aspects of the production. The libretto and occasional incidental aspects of the music and staging received minimal criticism: The Shining (opera) The Shining is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by composer Paul Moravec and a libretto by Mark Campbell, based on the novel by Stephen King. The opera received its world premiere on 7 May 2016 at the Ordway Music Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is part of the ""New Works Initiative"""
"Bros. Pictures is producing a film adaptation of the novel with actor Ewan McGregor playing the adult Danny Torrance. The film is scheduled to be released on January 24, 2020. Books Films Other Danny Torrance in ""The Shining"" is one of several child characters in Stephen King's early fiction who deal with parental abandonment or the fear of it; other characters include Carrie White in ""Carrie"" and Charlene ""Charlie"" McGee in ""Firestarter"". Heidi Strengell, in ""Dissecting Stephen King"", says, ""In King's view children, like Danny Torrance, are able to deal with fantasy and terror on their own terms better than"
"the resemblance. Before making ""The Shining"", Stanley Kubrick had directed the 1975 film ""Barry Lyndon"", a highly visual period film about an Irish man who attempts to make his way into the British aristocracy. Despite its technical achievements, the film was not a box office success in the United States and was derided by critics for being too long and too slow. Kubrick, disappointed with ""Barry Lyndon""s lack of success, realized he needed to make a film that would be commercially viable as well as artistically fulfilling. Stephen King was told that Kubrick had his staff bring him stacks of"
"character in the novel, but the ending is changed. In the book, Jack redeems himself, and the boiler explodes due to the hotel's negligence. In the miniseries, Jack sacrifices himself by causing the boiler to explode in order to destroy the hotel. The miniseries ends with a scene not in the book: Danny graduates from high school, while his spectral father looks on. Jack Torrance John Daniel Edward ""Jack"" Torrance is the main protagonist of Stephen King's horror novel ""The Shining"" (1977). He was portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the novel's 1980 movie adaptation (as antagonist) and by Steven Weber"
"The main character as a writer whose work is coming true is a theme that has been explored by King in a number of his works. Wake's narration directly alludes to King on several occasions, including the game's opening line, in which he quotes a Stephen King essay. The game also pays homage to the film ""The Shining"" (based on King's novel of the same name) with a hedge maze area similar to the iconic maze in the film, among other references, as well as King's novel Christine, with one of the in-game cars resembling her. King himself was asked"
"1997 TV miniseries adaptation of King's novel ""The Shining"". They tried to buy the rights to the Danish original, only to learn that Columbia Pictures had acquired them and intended to make a theatrical movie. After five years, Columbia concluded the work could not be adapted in two-hour form and sold the rights in exchange for the rights to King's novella from the 1990 book ""Four past Midnight"" called ""Secret Window, Secret Garden"". This was the first time he had adapted someone else's work rather than his own from scratch. King kept most of the characters and dark humor in"
"Wendy and Halloran present at the ceremony. Jack's spirit is also present, looking on Danny with pride. Back in Colorado, the Overlook is being rebuilt as a resort for the summer, as the ghosts of the original hotel start to wait for more potential victims. The creation of this miniseries is attributed to Stephen King's dissatisfaction with director Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film of the same name. In order to receive Kubrick's approval to re-adapt ""The Shining"" into a program closer to the original story, King had to agree in writing to eschew his frequent public criticism of Kubrick's film, save"
"King novel ""The Shining"" and the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. The basic plot of the segment is the same as the novel and there are also many references to specific moments from the film, such as the blood coming out of the elevator and Homer breaking through a door with an axe and yelling ""Here's Johnny!"". The title of the second segment, ""Time and Punishment"", is a reference to the Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel ""Crime and Punishment"" and the plot, where Homer causes major changes in the future by killing animals in the past, is a parody of"
"Stephen King. The novel is a sequel to King's 1977 novel ""The Shining"". The 1977 novel was adapted into a 1980 horror film of the same name by director Stanley Kubrick. King was critical of Kubrick's film adaptation to the point of writing and executive-producing a new adaptation with the 1997 television miniseries. While the film ""Doctor Sleep"" is intended to be a direct adaptation of the 2013 sequel novel, director Mike Flanagan said ""Doctor Sleep"" would still ""acknowledge Kubrick's ""The Shining"" in some way"". Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a film adaptation of ""Doctor Sleep"" as early as 2014."
"in room 237 of the hostel in Slovakia. Steven Spielberg, a close friend of Kubrick, included a sequence dedicated to the film in ""Ready Player One"" when they could not get rights to use ""Blade Runner"" for a similar sequence. The Overlook Hotel is recreated, including the Grady Sisters, The Elevator, Room 237, The Lady in the Bath Tub, the Ballroom and the 1921 photo, in addition to using the score. Spielberg considered this inclusion a tribute to Kubrick. The Shining (film) The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane"
"Shining Victory Shining Victory is a 1941 film based on the play, ""Jupiter Laughs"", by A. J. Cronin. It stars James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Barbara O'Neil, and it was the first film directed by Irving Rapper. Bette Davis makes a brief cameo appearance as a nurse in the film. A brilliant research psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Venner, is driven out of Budapest by another researcher who has taken false credit for Venner's work. After going to London, Dr. Venner is offered a job in a Scottish sanitarium where he can continue his research on dementia praecox, a disease"
"a Miniseries or a Special. It was also nominated for Outstanding Miniseries. It also won two Saturn Awards for Best Single Genre Television Presentation and Best Genre TV Actor (Steven Weber). Courtland Mead was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Young Actor Age 10 or Under. The Shining (miniseries) The Shining (stylized as Stephen King's The Shining) is a three-part horror television miniseries. Directed by Mick Garris from King's teleplay, the series was first aired in 1997. Jack Torrance's alcoholism and explosive temper have cost him his teaching job"
"Danny Lloyd Danny Lloyd (born October 13, 1972) is an American teacher and former child actor best known for his role as Danny Torrance in the horror film ""The Shining"" (1980), an adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name. Lloyd's first and best-known role is that of Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's ""The Shining"" (1980). He was selected for the role due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods. In the DVD commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter, they state that Kubrick was able to film all of Lloyd's scenes without the six-year-old"
"Werewolf in London"" (1981) among others. Also in the 1970s, the works of the horror author Stephen King began to be adapted for the screen, beginning with Brian De Palma's adaptation of ""Carrie"" (1976), King's first published novel, for which the two female leads (Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie) gained Oscar nominations. Next, was his third published novel, ""The Shining"" (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick, which was a sleeper at the box office. At first, many critics and viewers had negative feedback toward ""The Shining"". However, the film is now known as one of Hollywood's most classic horror films. This"
"""perfect scary movie"" due to a proper balance of various ingredients including shock value, suspense, gore and size of the cast. It was voted the 62nd greatest American film ever made in a 2015 poll conducted by BBC. Critics, scholars, and crew members (such as Kubrick's producer Jan Harlan) have discussed the film's enormous influence on popular culture. In 2006, Roger Ebert, who was initially critical of the work, inducted ""The Shining"" into his Great Movies series, saying, ""Stanley Kubrick's cold and frightening ""The Shining"" challenges us to decide: Who is the reliable observer? Whose idea of events can we"
"Shiner (2004 film) Shiner is a 2004 film written and directed by Christian Calson and starring Scott Stepp, Derris Nile, Nicholas T. King, David Zelina, Carolyn Crotty, Seth Harrington, Conny Van Dyke ""Shiner"" explores three relationships in which some form of abuse is not only involved but savored. The central story involves Tony and Danny, two friends whose relationship changes once Danny discovers that he becomes sexually satisfied when Tony physically abuses him. Another storyline involves Tim, an out of work boxer who is being stalked by Bob, a shy loner who still lives at home with his mother. Third"
"the two was almost the complete opposite: the Jack Torrance of the novel was corrupted by his own choices – particularly alcoholism – whereas in Kubrick's adaptation the causes are actually more surreal and ambiguous:King is, essentially, a novelist of morality. The decisions his characters make — whether it’s to confront a pack of vampires or to break 10 years of sobriety — are what matter to him. But in Kubrick’s ""The Shining"", the characters are largely in the grip of forces beyond their control. It’s a film in which domestic violence occurs, while King’s novel is about domestic violence"
"in a horror movie, insisted that Kubrick change the haunted room in the film to Room 237. The Stanley Hotel shows the uncut R-rated version of Kubrick's film on a continuous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions. King was apparently displeased with Kubrick's film, based mainly on Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance. In 1996, Warner Brothers secured the television rights to ""The Shining"" and produced a miniseries (stylized as Stephen King's The Shining) with a script by Stephen King. Thanks to King, the Stanley Hotel was chosen as the primary shooting location. A playhouse version of the"
"Publications in early 2017. On November 19, 2009, during a reading at the Canon Theatre in Toronto, King described to the audience an idea for a sequel to ""The Shining"". The idea was prompted by the occasional person asking, ""What ever happened to Danny?"" The story would follow Danny Torrance, now in his 40s, living in New Hampshire, where he works as an orderly at a hospice and helps terminally ill patients pass away with the aid of some extraordinary powers. Later, on December 1, 2009, King posted a poll on his official website, asking visitors to vote for which"
"the old-fashioned feel of the building. Ken Tucker of ""Entertainment Weekly"" reviewed the miniseries, saying, ""There's a deep, rich creepiness suffusing ""Stephen King's The Shining"" that makes this miniseries the most frightening TV movie ever made."" Ray Richmond of ""Variety"" stated, ""At six hours, its slowness is carefully calculated; the edge-of-your-seat creepiness unfolds with a languid believability that will rope in viewers early and hold them. This mini earns its massive length, using every minute to paint a picture of surprising emotional complexity and depth."" ""The Shining"" won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Makeup and Outstanding Sound Editing for"