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LATEST NEWS: Flanagan to tackle yet another one of Stephen King’s work

May 9, 2020 Ross Hughes 0

b There is something quite good and exciting for a horror fan to hear that Mike Flanagan is once more going to tackle one of Stephen King’s novels.  Having successfully brought Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s […]

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WE ALMOST HAD A ‘SHINING’ PREQUEL!

April 16, 2020 Dr Lenera 0

I either didn’t know this or had forgotten, but we nearly had a prequel to The Shining instead of a sequel. Seven years ago, it was announced that Warner Bros. had hired former Walking Dead […]

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3 HOUR DIRECTOR’S CUT OF ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’ COMING!

December 19, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

The long in coming sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, did decent box office and garnered mostly good reviews. I mostly liked it until the final act. Well, following in the footsteps of Midsommar, Doctor […]

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STEPHEN KING SAYS THAT ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’ REDEEMS EVERYTHING HE DISLIKED ABOUT ‘THE SHINING’

November 6, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

It’s well known that Stephen King doesn’t like Stanley Kubrick’s movie adaptation of his novel The Shining. He doesn’t like it for all sorts of reasons, some of them a bit odd, such as claiming […]

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Doctor Sleep (2019)

November 1, 2019 david.s.smith 0

DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) Directed by Mike Flanagan Talk about a tough act to follow. Though it’s maybe not my favourite, pound for pound, I reckon Stanley Kubrick’s take on The Shining is perhaps the single […]

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LATEST TRAILERS: ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’

September 11, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

Well it feeds a bit too much off nostalgia for my liking with its repeating of much imagery from The Shining, but many seem to be excited by the new Doctor Sleep trailer that broke […]

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LATEST TRAILERS: ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’

June 14, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

The first full trailer for Doctor Sleep is here, and it seems that it’s not just going to be a sequel to the novel of The Shining like Stephen King’s book was, it’s also going […]

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DOCTOR SLEEP RELEASE DATE MOVED FORWARD

February 4, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

It’s far more common for release dates to be moved back, not forward, and especially these days with Blu-ray and DVD releases since the mindbogglingly stupid decision to shut down two disc producing plants which […]

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EWAN MCGREGOR IN TALKS TO PLAY DANNY TORRANCE IN ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’

June 19, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

As a break from all the news detailing the casting of IT: Chapter 2, it’s been reported that Ewan McGregor is in talks to play the lead role of Danny Torrance in another upcoming Stephen King […]

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‘THE SHINING’ SEQUEL ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’ GETS ITS RELEASE DATE

May 25, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

The film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining sequel is moving ahead as Doctor Sleep secures a release date. Several websites have reported that Warner Bros has confirmed that the sequel is scheduled for release […]

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MIKE FLANAGAN TO DIRECT ‘THE SHINING’ SEQUEL ‘DOCTOR SLEEP’

January 29, 2018 Dr Lenera 0

Just after the release his very fine adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game, Mike Flanagan [Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake] was asked which King novel he’d love to adapt the most. His answer? Doctor Sleep, […]

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Be the First to Read Stephen King’s New Novel, DOCTOR SLEEP by Entering Facebook Competition

August 21, 2013 Bat 0

The new Stephen King novel, DOCTOR SLEEP, publishes on 24th September 2013 but publishers Hodder & Stoughton are giving one lucky fan the chance to read it ahead of publication! The winner will be required […]

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Interactive Animated Cover Revealed for Stephen King’s DOCTOR SLEEP – A Spin-Off from THE SHINING

March 21, 2013 Bat 0

The UK cover reveal of the hugely anticipated new Stephen King novel, DOCTOR SLEEP, which publishes on 24 September 2013, is happening today, Thursday 21st March. Fans will rejoice in King’s return to the characters […]

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Stephen King’s The Shining sequel, ‘Doctor Sleep’, reveals official release date!

September 19, 2012 Matt Wavish 0

35 years since Stephen King’s The Shining was released to eager readers, the sequel is finally about to be unleashed. Fans have waited a whole 35 years, so is one more years too much to […]

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FINALLY: The full plot for THE SHINING sequel is released…..read it here!

May 11, 2012 Ross Hughes 1

So we have some news for you about the quite surreal book sequel to the classic The Shining which is again being written by Stephen King. Announced way back in 2009 and all set for […]

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