The biggest sell behind Warner Bros.’ Doctor Sleep is that it’s a sequel to both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and sends an adult Danny Torrance back to the Overlook Hotel.
The newest poster art dares you to “go back” and shows Ewan McGregor as Danny walking towards the iconic shot of his younger self on the Big Wheel in the halls of the hotel. Danny Lloyd played young Danny in Kubrick’s The Shining and he’ll be played by Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep, in theaters November 8th.
In Mike Flanagan‘s Doctor Sleep, still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the “shine.” Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality.
Forming an unlikely alliance, Dan and Abra engage in a brutal life-or-death battle with Rose. Abra’s innocence and fearless embrace of her shine compel Dan to call upon his own powers as never before—at once facing his fears and reawakening the ghosts of the past.
Rebecca Ferguson also stars as Rose the Hat with Carl Lumbly playing Dick Hallorann and Alex Essoe as 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 is Snakebite Andi, with Jocelin Donahue and Jacob Tremblay also starring.
