It would be so epic if the shining was remade more better then the other remake in 1997. She started with acting at a very young age and during the 60s, she began a career in theater. The shining miniseries written by stephen king often gets a bad rap, especially when compared to the stanley kubrick movie. For some reason, this possibility popped in my head today. In writing the sequel, he chose not to worry about that. I can see kiyoshi kurosawa the director of pulsekairo doing the remake. Ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in warner bros. Oct 30, 2019 in time, too, the movie cant help but circle back to the shining itself, foreshadowing the endgame with ominous overhead shots of cars traversing landscapes.
The shining stylized as stephen kings the shining is a threeepisode horror television miniseries based on the stephen king novel of the same name. While it looks like director mike flanagans doctor sleep which. Is doctor sleep a shining sequel, remake or prequel movie. Sold by hiswaybooks and ships from amazon fulfillment. The latter was adapted into a hit movie starring jack nicholson in 1980. Nov 06, 2019 the shining 1997 tv miniseries director. Jun, 2018 ewan mcgregor will star as danny torrance in warner bros. Almost 40 years after the film adaptation of stephen kings 1977 novel, the shining, came out, the horror story continues with the release of doctor sleep on friday. Before the end of the 1980s, i wasnt the only one to do a 180degree turn and decide the shining was a great horror movie after all. Sep 18, 20 in writing the sequel, he chose not to worry about that. The shining has lost its shine kubrick was slumming it in a. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd the films central character is jack torrance nicholson, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who. Beautiful redhaired film stage actress, dancer, writer, singer, producer and composer annette otoole was born on april 1, 1952 in houston, texas, to dorothy geraldine niland and william west toole, jr.
With jack nicholson, shelley duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers. In 1997, stephen king wrote and produced a tv miniseries remake of the shining, and its not nearly as bad as its terrible reputation suggests. First of all, hed bring a level of prestige to the project, which any shining remake better have if it doesnt want to get eaten alive by the masses immediately upon being announced. The highlyanticipated followup to stephen kings iconic haunted hotel film, the shining, has just earned a release date. As has been welldocumented over the years, king really, really doesnt like stanley kubricks 1980 movie version of the shining, even though most people tend to love it. Half the time you have to guess what the hell is going on, and if youre not familiar with kubricks. Though it deviates from stephen kings novel, stanley kubricks the shining is a chilling, often baroque journey into madness exemplified by an unforgettable turn. Where was the remake of the shining filmed answers. In defense of the muchmaligned the shining miniseries film. Oct 19, 2017 lisa and louise burns, who played the twin girls in stanley kubricks the shining, think stephen kings 1997 tv remake is very bad. My one caveat about remaking the shining is that it wouldnt be a remake of kubricks masterpiece. Nov 04, 2014 recently, stephen king sat down with rolling stone. However, today i realize that transferring a book to a movie is always going to involve a certain number of compromises.
Jack nicholson takes a job as winter caretaker at an enormous mountain hotel, where he goes with wife shelley duvall and son danny lloyd in the hope that snow and solitude will bring him peace of mind. The shining has lost its shine kubrick was slumming it. King tells a melancholy, frightening story as the torrance family gets torn apart. The movie gettysburg was filmed on the gettysburg national battlefield which is haunted. Nov 06, 2019 remake faceoff between stanley kubricks 1980 version of the shining and the 1997 miniseries adaptation of the shining, which was directed by mick garris from a script king wrote himself. The remake of the shining was filmed at the stanley hotel. After 36 years, king gives shining a new luster in sequel.
The shining miniseries abc woc 1997 04 internet archive. The hotel was also seen onscreen in peter farrelly s 1994 dumb and dumber. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd. The shining is a film about cyclical violence, and about how we cant escape the dark specter of history. The shining doesnt need so much a remake as it does a refocus. Find out where the shining is streaming, if the shining is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The writer detested the kubrick adaptation, which junked most of his plot in favour of atmosphere, and sanctioned a tv movie remake, which did indeed use the stanley. My book is the true history of the torrance family. Oct 27, 2016 before the end of the 1980s, i wasnt the only one to do a 180degree turn and decide the shining was a great horror movie after all.
While the broader strokes of kings novel and kubricks film are the same, there are many. When the topic turned to the 1980 classic, king made his hatred for kubricks shining. Warner bros, the studio responsible for kubricks film, is also partially behind it, thanks to. The final shot of the shining, its ambiguity forever helping stanley kubricks most popular film hold its enduring legacy for nearly thirty years. Abc was quick to offer king the ability to write his script for the adaptation of his book thanks to the previous success of kings miniseries, the stand, which was also dire. Doctor sleep, based on the king novel of the same name, will land in. Doctor sleep, an adaptation of stephen kings followup novel, will be out on 24 january 2020 mike flanagan oculus, geralds game takes. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, is set several decades after. We know who should direct the inevitable remake of the shining. We know who should direct the inevitable remake of the. Recently, stephen king sat down with rolling stone. A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
The shining is one of the best horror films in cinematic history. Stephen kings the shining sequel doctor sleep getting. One major difference between the it remake and the shining. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major. Watch carrey as jack torrance in the shining deepfake video below. Stephen kings shining tv series remake isnt as bad as you think. Movie about shining sequel, doctor sleep, to be released.
We recently stayed at the stanley hotel in estes park colorado where portions of the stephen king mini series the shining was filmed. I can see an asian horror movie remake of the shining working if done impeccably. The sequel to the shining finally has a release date. The shining sequel doctor sleep movie adaptation gets. Stephen king remade the shining to be more like the book.
What the shining miniseries reveals about the kingkubrick. The movie, titled doctor sleep, will be based on the stephen king novel of the same name, which follows torrence as he continues to develop his gift, the shining. Stephen kings the shining is one of the authors most popular novels and had earned the writer plenty of acclaim before anyone had turned it into a movie. Lisa and louise burns, who played the twin girls in stanley kubricks the shining, think stephen kings 1997 tv remake is very bad. The shining seemed to introduce a promising child star in dan lloyd. Why the shining deserves another adaptation bloody. Stephen kings shining tv series remake isnt as bad as. When the topic turned to the 1980 classic, king made his hatred for kubricks shining clear, saying. It is based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. We learned from the day tour that stephen king had a bad case of.
Why stephen king really hates the shining movie stephen kings the shining is one of the authors most popular novels and had earned the writer plenty of acclaim before anyone had turned it into a movie. I first saw this movie when it was released to theaters. Remake faceoff between stanley kubricks 1980 version of the shining and the 1997 miniseries adaptation of the shining, which was directed by mick garris from a script king wrote himself. Stephen kings shining sequel to be adapted for big screen. Why the shining deserves another adaptation bloody disgusting. Stephen kings shining sequel to be adapted for big screen this article is more than 4 years old the script for doctor sleep, which follows a. He finds just the opposite, however, as the hotels horrific past quickly overtakes him.
He ended up having a role in a tv film two years later, but that was the extent of his. With all the remakes nowadays, every now and then i find myself daydreaming about choices i would make if i were in charge of remaking such and such a movie. Jan 29, 2019 the shining is a film about cyclical violence, and about how we cant escape the dark specter of history. For a supposed mainstream movie, kubricks the shining isnt very audience friendly. The overlook is built on the sacred lands of native americans slaughtered by white. Stephen king just went off about how much he hates the. Jun 09, 2017 the shining doesnt need so much a remake as it does a refocus. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son. Some things just shouldnt be trifled with in this world and one of those things is the filmography of stanley kubrick.
Aug 23, 2017 parents need to know that the shining is the classic 1980 stanley kubrickdirected film based on the stephen king novel about a man hired to be the caretaker of a hotel deep in the mountains of colorado who develops severe dementia from a combination of cabin fever and the dark and haunted past of the hotel. Doctor sleep opens nationwide november 8 from warner bros. Nov 27, 20 the shining is a famous horrornovel by stephen king, that was made into a movie in 1980 by kubrick, starring jack nicholson. Stephen kings televisual adaption of his own novel is more faithful than its cinematic counterpart, but unfortunately this miniseries is hobbled by a.
If nathan rabin is right in his movie of the week keynote, where he suggests that king was trying to come to terms with his alcoholism, and the threat it posed to his family, when he wrote the shining back in 1977, then the tackedon happy ending of the miniseries makes a great deal of autobiographical sense. The shining is a threeepisode horror television miniseries based on the stephen king novel of the same name. Of course, there are two ironies in the fact that it has bested the shining at its adaptation game. The shining is a famous horrornovel by stephen king, that was made into a movie in 1980 by kubrick, starring jack nicholson. Parents need to know that the shining is the classic 1980 stanley kubrickdirected film based on the stephen king novel about a man hired to be the caretaker of a hotel deep in the mountains of colorado who develops severe dementia from a combination of cabin fever and the dark and haunted past of the hotel. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. In the shining, jack torrance, a frustrated, alcoholic writer. Jun 21, 20 the shining is one of the best horror films in cinematic history.
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