More casting news for Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep today, as Deadline reports that The House of the Devil star Jocelin Donahue has joined the Stephen King adaptation.
Donahue also starred in The Burrowers, Insidious: Chapter 2, Dead Awake and the memorable “Father’s Day” segment of horror anthology Holidays.
Carl Lumbly was recently tapped to play Dick Hallorann with Alex Essoe playing Wendy Torrance in the continuation of the storyline from The Shining. Kyliegh Curran has been cast in the role of Abra Stone, a girl who has the gift of ‘The Shining’. Bruce Greenwood plays the role of Dr. John. Alyn Lind (Lights Out) is Snakebite Andi.
Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson also star. McGregor stars as the adult version of Danny Torrance, while Ferguson plays Rose the Hat.
Flanagan rewrote Akiva Goldsman’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 2013 novel that picks up the life of the Redrum kid when he is in his 40s and struggling with the same demons of anger and alcoholism that plagued his father.
Doctor Sleep hits theaters on Jan. 24, 2020.
