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A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Bojangles - 11-25-2009
One of the all-time greatest horror novels and feature films, The Shining, could be headed to sequel territory, so says author Stephen King. Following a 15-minute reading of King's latest book, "Under the Dome", legendary director David Cronenberg hosted a special Q+A with the author who revealed to the audience that he plans on writing a sequel to "The Shining" entitled "Doctor Sleep."
"Then King dropped a fan bombshell on the crowd by casually describing a novel idea he began working on last summer," writes Toronto IST. "Seems King was wondering whatever happened to Danny Torrance of The Shining, who when readers last saw him was recovering from his ordeal at the Overlook Hotel at a resort in Maine with fellow survivors Wendy Torrance and chef Dick Halloran (who dies in the Kubrick film version). King remarked that though he ended his 1977 novel on a positive note, the Overlook was bound to have left young Danny with a lifetimeâs worth of emotional scars. What Danny made of those traumatic experiences, and with the psychic powers that saved him from his father at the Overlook, is a question that King believes might make a damn fine sequel.
So what would a sequel to one of Kingâs most beloved novels look like? In Kingâs still tentative plan for the novel, Danny is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equivalent of an orderly at a hospice for the terminally ill. Dannyâs real job is to visit with patients who are just about to pass on to the other side, and to help them make that journey with the aid of his mysterious powers. Danny also has a sideline in betting on the horses, a trick he learned from his buddy Dick Hallorann.
The title for Kingâs proposed sequel? Doctor Sleep."
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Dr. Briggs - 11-25-2009
Dr. Sleep was already a movie with one of the Skarsgaards I think! >.<
Still, the prospect of King doing an out-and-out sequel intrigues me a whooole lot, especially one to a book that didn't exactly seem itching for one (That's not a bad thing, just catches me off-guard o.O)
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Bojangles - 11-25-2009
I have faith in S.K.
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Friday The 13th - 11-26-2009
Bojangles Wrote:I have faith in S.K.
me two!
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Dr. Briggs - 11-26-2009
His new stuff doesn't seem to have the same magic, but I'm gonna give him a chance to follow up on one of his greats... mainly curious to see how he does it >.>
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Bud - 11-29-2009
shining was damn nice flim
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Dr. Briggs - 11-29-2009
Bud Wrote:shining was damn nice flim
But then it differed a good bit from the book...
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Bojangles - 11-29-2009
Speaking of Stephen King, anyone heard anything good about Under The Dome?
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Psycho Stitch - 11-30-2009
That would be awsome I'm a big fan of Mr. King
A sequel to The Shining? King might have something in store for us. - Friday The 13th - 11-30-2009
Well this is off topic, but I like your sig Mr.Briggz!
I like how you have tons of different Santas from Horror!