![]() ![]() I’ll always regret this didn’t happen.” He later added: “Because of DOCTOR SLEEP’s box office performance, Warner Bros opted not to proceed with it. The film earned $72 million against a reported production budget between $45 million and $55 million and as such, the studio dropped plans for a prequel movie.įlanagan has opened up about the aborted project, tweeting in response to a fan question, saying: “We were SO CLOSE. The planned prequel would have followed Hallorann’s telepathic chef, presumably charting his path to The Overlook Hotel.ĭoctor Sleep was a solid film that just didn’t set the box office alight in the midst of a few other Stephen King adaptations doing well, such as 2017’s It. Mike Flanagan, director of 2019’s Doctor Sleep, has confirmed that Warner Bros quietly shelved plans for a prequel movie following the tepid box office response to the legacy sequel to 1980s The Shining. Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson headlined the sequel, which followed the original film’s young Danny Torrance, still blessed (or cursed) with the gift of ‘the Shine’, now as an adult.Ĭarl Lumbly played Dick Hallorann in the sequel, a role played by Scatman Crothers in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film. ![]()
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