Doctor Sleep is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on the 2013 Stephen King novel of the same name, and is a sequel to Stanley Kubrick s The Shining (1980). Set several decades after the events of The Shining, Doctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, a man with psychic abilities who struggles with childhood trauma. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis and Carl Lumbly have supporting roles.

Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a film adaptation shortly after Doctor Sleep was published in 2013. Writer-producer Akiva Goldsman wrote a script, but the studio did not secure a budget for the film until the box office success of its 2017 horror film It, also based on a novel by King. Flanagan was hired to rewrite Goldsman s script and direct the Doctor Sleep film. Flanagan said he wanted to reconcile the differences between The Shining novel and film. Filming began in September 2018 in Georgia, including Atlanta and the surrounding area, and concluded that December.

Doctor Sleep held its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on October 21, 2019, and was theatrically released worldwide on October 31, 2019, and in the United States on November 8. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Flanagan s screenplay and the performances of the cast (especially McGregor, Ferguson and Curran) but criticized its length. Grossing $72.3 million worldwide, its performance at the box office was considered a disappointment compared to the other King adaptations released in 2019, It Chapter Two and Pet Sematary.

Plot

Dan Torrance, still traumatized from his family s 1980 ordeal at the Overlook hotel, is guided by the ghost of Dick Hallorann to capture the ghosts of the Overlook in lockboxes. By 2011, he has become an alcoholic to suppress his shining. After moving to a New Hampshire town, he recovers through Alcoholics Anonymous set up by his new friend Billy Freeman and becomes a hospice orderly, where he uses his shining to comfort dying patients, who nickname him Doctor Sleep . Meanwhile, the True Knot, a cult of psychics led by Rose the Hat, extend their lifespans by consuming steam , a psychic essence released by torturing and killing those who have the shining.

In 2019, the True Knots are starving, as steam has become increasingly rare. They torture a boy to death for steam; a young girl named Abra Stone, whose shining is even greater than Dan s, senses this. She telepathically alerts Dan about the murder, but Rose senses Abra in the process. Rose projects her consciousness across the country and infiltrates Abra s mind, but is physically injured by a psychic trap set by Abra. Rose sends the remaining members after her for steam.

Abra informs Dan about the True Knot. Although he is initially skeptical about stopping them, he changes his mind and recruits Billy and Abra s father, Dave, to help. They successfully kill most of the group except Rose, but Billy and Dave are killed and Abra is captured by Rose s partner, Crow Daddy. Dan shines into Abra and saves her from Crow Daddy, killing him in the process. Dan brings Abra to the Overlook as a last resort, believing it will be equally dangerous for Rose. He starts the hotel s boiler and explores the dormant building, awakening it with his shining. At the same time, he has visions of his time at the hotel.

Rose arrives at the Overlook and overpowers Dan in a fight, but he saves himself by opening lockboxes in his mind and releasing the Overlook s ghosts. Drawn by Rose s power, the ghosts overwhelm and devour her, before turning on Danny and possessing him in a bid to try and make him kill Abra. After a brief moment where she cuts through his possessed mind, he tells her to save herself before the hotel overcomes him again. He goes to the boiler room but regains control before the hotel can make him deactivate it. Before he passes out, Dan sees a vision of himself as a child being comforted by his mother Wendy. Abra escapes as the Overlook burns down and the authorities arrive.

Sometime later, Abra speaks to Dan s spirit, assuring him that she is fine. Dan comforts Abra, telling her to shine on and not to hide her gifts from the world. She shares to her mother that she has been conversing with Dan and her deceased father and that they are okay. Abra later encounters Mrs. Massey, the ghost of the bathroom in the Overlook s Room 237, in her bathtub; she confronts it and closes the door behind her.

Cast

• Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, an alcoholic man with psychic powers known as the shining . Roger Dale Floyd plays a young Danny Torrance. The character first appeared as his young self and in the film The Shining; where he was played by Danny Lloyd, who in this film makes a cameo appearance as a spectator at Bradley Trevor s baseball game. Lloyd had been retired from acting for roughly 38 years, and was direct-messaged on Twitter by Flanagan to appear in the film. Producer Trevor Macy said of Lloyd s involvement, was excited to do. He hadn t acted since. He s a schoolteacher, and a very successful one at that, like making the world better. He came back for a day, and we were thrilled to have him. When pressed as to why the filmmakers did not extend the same offer to Jack Nicholson, Macy responded, With Jack, I knew that they approached him for Ready Player One, and that he seems to be very serious about being retired. I had known that he was supportive but retired. .
• The character first appeared as his young self and in the film The Shining; where he was played by Danny Lloyd, who in this film makes a cameo appearance as a spectator at Bradley Trevor s baseball game. Lloyd had been retired from acting for roughly 38 years, and was direct-messaged on Twitter by Flanagan to appear in the film. Producer Trevor Macy said of Lloyd s involvement, was excited to do. He hadn t acted since. He s a schoolteacher, and a very successful one at that, like making the world better. He came back for a day, and we were thrilled to have him. When pressed as to why the filmmakers did not extend the same offer to Jack Nicholson, Macy responded, With Jack, I knew that they approached him for Ready Player One, and that he seems to be very serious about being retired. I had known that he was supportive but retired. .
• Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat, leader of the True Knot, a cult that feeds on people with psychic powers.
• Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone, a girl with the shining . Dakota Hickman plays a young Abra Stone.
• Dakota Hickman plays a young Abra Stone.
• Carl Lumbly as Dick Hallorann, the late head chef of the Overlook Hotel who has the shining . Dick was played by Scatman Crothers in The Shining.
• Zahn McClarnon as Crow Daddy, Rose the Hat s lover and right-hand man in the True Knot.
• Emily Alyn Lind as Snakebite Andi, a young member of the True Knot who is able to psychically control people.
• Bruce Greenwood as Dr. John Dalton, leader of Dan s AA group and his boss at the hospice.
• Jocelin Donahue as Lucy Stone, Abra s mother.
• Cliff Curtis as Billy Freeman, Dan s friend, co-worker, and AA sponsor.
• Robert Longstreet as Barry the Chunk, a member of the True Knot.
• Carel Struycken as Grandpa Flick, an aging member of the True Knot.
• Alex Essoe as Wendy Torrance, Dan s mother. Wendy was played by Shelley Duvall in The Shining.
• Zackary Momoh as Dave Stone, Abra s father.
• Jacob Tremblay as Bradley Trevor, a victim of the True Knot, known to Abra as the baseball boy .
• Henry Thomas as The Bartender, an apparition who calls himself Lloyd but resembles Dan s late father, Jack Torrance; Thomas thus also portrays Torrance briefly in flashback scenes. In The Shining, Torrance was portrayed by Jack Nicholson and Lloyd was portrayed by Joe Turkel.

Additionally, Catherine Parker appears as Silent Sarey, Met Clark as Short Eddie, Selena Anduze as Apron Annie, and James Flanagan as Diesel Doug, all members of the True Knot cult. Violet McGraw portrays Violet, a child who is murdered at the start of the film by the True Knot cult and later fed to Snakebite Andi as part of her induction into the group, while Bethany Anne Lind portrays Violet s mother. Sadie and KK Heim portray the Grady sisters, with Kaitlyn McCormick and Molly Jackson providing their voices; the characters were originally played by twins Lisa and Louise Burns in The Shining. Sallye Hooks portrays Mrs. Massey, Michael Monks portrays Delbert Grady, and Hugh Maguire portrays Horace Derwent, respectively; played by Lia Beldam and Billie Gibson, Philip Stone, and Norman Gay in The Shining.

Regarding the recast characters, Flanagan explained, We explored everything, and there were only really two options as I saw it: It was either going to be something that was performed, or something that was digital. And even if we had Nicholson come back, based on the rules of the hotel and how the ghosts appear with respect to their age, he d be performing the part through a digital avatar. Flanagan said that de-aging and digital actors, while improving rapidly, were still inadequate. The idea of having a digital Danny Torrance riding a trike five minutes into the movie, that just seemed like we were making a video game at that point. It felt disrespectful. Noting that any solution would be controversial, the director decided that the best approach was not to do impressions; it was to find actors who would remind us of those iconic performances, without ever tipping into parody… I just want to be able to tilt people s memories toward those original actors, but then let the characters be their own. I want to cast someone to play Dick Hallorann; I don t want to cast someone to play Scatman Crothers. The idea of casting a Nicholson impersonator as Jack was also considered, as was casting a big-name actor associated with or reminiscent of Nicholson, such as Leonardo DiCaprio or Christian Slater. Nicholson was also invited to make a cameo appearance as another character, but declined.

Connections to The Shining novel and film

Doctor Sleep is based on the 2013 horror novel of the same name by Stephen King. The 1977 novel The Shining was adapted into a 1980 horror film of the same name by director Stanley Kubrick. King was critical of Kubrick s film adaptation to the point of writing and executive-producing a new adaptation with the 1997 television miniseries.

While the film Doctor Sleep is intended to be a direct adaptation of the 2013 sequel novel, director Mike Flanagan said Doctor Sleep still acknowledge Kubrick s The Shining in some way . Flanagan said, It is an adaptation of the novel Doctor Sleep, which is Stephen King s sequel to his novel, The Shining. But this also exists very much in the same cinematic universe that Kubrick established in his adaptation of The Shining. He explained working with all the sources, Reconciling those three, at times very different, sources has been kind of the most challenging and thrilling part of this creatively for us. He first read the novel, and then had a conversation with King to work out adapting all the sources. As part of the process, Flanagan recreated scenes from The Shining to use in flashbacks. Same as The Shining, Flanagan also avoided the horror film trope of jump scares.

On why he wanted to present the film as a continuation of Kubrick s film, Flanagan expressed, The Shining is so ubiquitous and has burned itself into the collective imagination of people who love cinema in a way that so few movies have. There’s no other language to tell that story in. If you say ‘Overlook Hotel,’ I see something. It lives right up in my brain because of Stanley Kubrick. You can t pretend that isn t the case . King initially rejected Flanagan s pitch of bringing back the Overlook as seen in Kubrick s film, but changed his mind after Flanagan pitched a scene within the hotel towards the end of the film that served as his reason to bring back the Overlook. Upon reading the script, King was so satisfied with the result that he said, Everything that I ever disliked about the Kubrick version of The Shining is redeemed for me here.

While the climax of the film does differ from the novel, it closely adapts the original events from King s source material of The Shining, centered around the final events at the Overlook Hotel (but with Dan and Abra reenacting the roles of Jack and young Danny, respectively), which was heavily omitted from Kubrick s 1980 adaptation of the latter much to King s disappointment. Thus this film can be seen as a bridge for King s Doctor Sleep and The Shining, incorporating events from both novels. Flanagan said that in his film, Almost everything Dan does Jack s story from. In including these elements into the Doctor Sleep film, Flanagan explained, I saw it as this gift, to me as a fan, and from me to him as well — that yes, we re going to bring back this Kubrickian Overlook world, and I wanted to celebrate that film. But what if, in doing so, at the same time, you get elements of that ending of that novel, The Shining, that Kubrick jettisoned? Then you start to get the ending you never did, and that King was denied.

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a film adaptation of Doctor Sleep as early as 2014. In 2016, filmmaker Akiva Goldsman announced that he would write and produce the film for Warner Bros. For several years, Warner Bros. could not secure a budget for Doctor Sleep, or for a different project, a prequel to The Shining called Overlook Hotel.

In late 2017, Warner Bros. released It, a film adaptation of King s 1986 novel of the same name, and its box office success led the studio to fast track production of Doctor Sleep. In January 2018, Warner Bros. hired Mike Flanagan to rewrite Goldsman s script and direct the film, with Goldsman receiving executive producer credit. On why he was interested in directing Doctor Sleep, Flanagan stated, It touches on themes that are the most attractive to me, which are childhood trauma leading into adulthood, addiction, the breakdown of a family, and the after effects, decades later.

From June to November 2018, the cast was assembled. Filming began in September 2018 in the U.S. state of Georgia; locations included Atlanta and St. Simons. In the area of Atlanta, specific locations included Covington, Canton, Stone Mountain, Midtown, Porterdale, and Fayetteville. Production concluded in December 2018. By January 2019, Flanagan was editing the film.

The film score was composed by The Newton Brothers (Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart), who also composed scores for Flanagan s previous works. WaterTower Music has released the film score. The score is heavily inspired by the music of The Shining and includes a reworked rendition of the main theme, Dies Irae.

Vintage music by Al Bowlly, Ray Noble and Henry Hall is also included in the film, reprising the key part it played in “The Shining”. “Home” by Henry Hall & The Gleneagles Hotel Band is available on one release. “And The Bands Played On”. Decca DDV 5001/2. The song was never issued before 1977 and was remastered by Keith Gooden & Geoff Milne at Decca in England.

Themes

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Author Stephen King said he wrote Doctor Sleep because he wondered what Danny Torrance would be like as an adult. Flanagan has stated, Danny is so traumatized by what he s been through, he has no idea how to deal with this, and McGregor added, Dan Torrance s philosophy early on in the story is not to use the shining. He s drunk to suppress the horrible visitations, the spirits that are from the Overlook Hotel.

Flanagan described The Shining as very much about addiction, which is doom. It s about annihilation and the destruction of a family, while Doctor Sleep was about recovery, stating, In the way that addiction feels like doom and annihilation, recovery is rebirth, and recovery is salvation, in a way.

On themes, Flanagan has stated that “(‘Doctor Sleep’) incorporates a lot of nostalgia from the first film… It also brings in themes that weren’t in the first book, and focuses a lot more on the aspects of addiction and recovery.”

The Daily Bruin noted that many elements in the film – particularly during the climax when Rose, Dan and Abra converge in a “shine” to the death – reference recognizable characters and scenes from The Shining.”

Release

Doctor Sleep had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles on October 21, 2019. Warner Bros. Pictures released the film theatrically in the United States and Canada on November 8, 2019. They opened the film globally earlier, October 31, 2019, coinciding with Halloween. The film was initially scheduled to be released on January 24, 2020. Deadline Hollywood said the rescheduling reflected Warner Bros. giving a major vote of confidence in the film.

A director s cut along with the theatrical cut of Doctor Sleep was released on Digital HD on January 21, 2020, and was released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K on February 4. The director s cut is 28 minutes longer.

Reception

Box office

Doctor Sleep grossed $31.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $40.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $72.2 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Last Christmas, Midway, and Playing with Fire, and was initially projected to gross $25–30 million from 3,855 theaters in its opening weekend. BoxOffice wrote, Early social and trailer trends are indicative of a potential box office hit should reviews and audience reception prove favorable, but added, Doctor Sleep s primary barrier to breakout status could be how reliant it is on younger audience familiarity with the source Stephen King novels and/or The Shining. The film made $5.2 million on its first day, including a combined $1.5 million from advanced preview screenings on October 30 and Thursday night previews on November 7, lowering weekend projections to $12 million. It ended up debuting to $14.1 million, getting upset by Midway for the top spot. Deadline Hollywood speculated that despite it being well-reviewed and well-received by critics and audiences, the underperformance was due to the 21⁄2-hour runtime, as well as the perception the film was meant for older audiences (67% of the opening weekend attendance was over the age of 24).

Following its debut, it was projected the film would lose Warner Bros. around $20 million. In its second weekend the film made $6.0 million, dropping to sixth. Business Insider speculated that, according to box-office experts, Warner Bros. overestimated The Shining s influence among younger audiences, who don t care much about Kubrick s film, as well as the mistake Warner Bros. made to release the film worldwide in November after Halloween.

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 331 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website s critics consensus reads, Doctor Sleep forsakes the elemental terror of its predecessor for a more contemplative sequel that balances poignant themes against spine-tingling chills. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed at PostTrak gave it an average four out of five, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it to a friend.

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four, stating, Flanagan was tasked with making a sequel to a film that stays loyal to a book that ignores the changes made in the first movie. That ain t easy… And while one can sometimes feel Flanagan struggling to satisfy both King and Kubrick fans when he really should be trusting his own vision, he s talented enough to pull off this difficult blend of legacies. Simran Hans of The Guardian gave the film four out of five, noting adapting Stephen King is one thing, writing a spiritual sequel to a Stanley Kubrick movie quite another. Director Mike Flanagan takes on King s 2013 follow-up novel to The Shining, but adjusts some details to ensure continuity with Kubrick s cult 1980 adaptation of the original book… The new material is fresher and considerably more fun.

BBC s critic Nicholas Barber gave the film four out of five and stated, Credible in its characterisation, rich in mythological detail, and touchingly sincere in its treatment of alcoholism and trauma, the film is impressive in all sorts of ways. But its greatest achievement is that it makes The Shining seem like a prequel – a tantalising glimpse of a richer and more substantial narrative. Chris Hewitt of Empire gave the film three out of five and noted, Working off source material that is very different from its predecessor, anyone expecting a straightforward Shining sequel will be disappointed. This isn t a gruelling exercise in pure horror. It s odder and more contemplative, but worth checking in. Kyle Smith of National Review wrote Though Kubrick s adaptation and The Shawshank Redemption are the only films made from King s stories that achieved greatness, nearly everything he writes contains at least one brilliantly twisted element, and Doctor Sleep has lots of them. It s a shame that more top-tier directors haven t chosen to dig around in the capacious mines of King s imagination.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of five stars, saying: Doctor Sleep relies way too much on borrowed inspiration and eventually runs out of — pardon the word — steam. But this flawed hybrid of King and Kubrick still has the stuff to keep you up nights. Angelica Jade Bastién of Vulture wrote The film aims in its closing moments to be bittersweet yet hopeful. Instead, it has an unintended, even dour messaging about the cost of escaping your past and whether that s even possible in life. Doctor Sleep could probably never fully stand on its own, and perhaps it s not meant to. It s a horror film with messy pleasures if you re able to meet it on its own level. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter stated, It doesn t have Jack Nicholson, Stanley Kubrick or even much of the Overlook Hotel, but Rebecca Ferguson and other good actors provide some shine of their own in Doctor Sleep, a drawn-out and seldom pulse-quickening follow-up to The Shining that still has enough going on to forestall any audience slumber.

Tim Grierson of Screen Daily commented, For a horror director, Flanagan is particularly adept with actors, concerned more about character arcs than cheap frights. That s why Doctor Sleep s uninspired plotting feels even more disappointing. Flanagan gives us such a sense of these people — their demons, their fears, their resilience — that it s a shame that the twists and turns aren t as compelling. Not everyone will make it out alive from the Overlook, but Flanagan brings enough smarts and soul to the flawed, fascinating Doctor Sleep that he manages to escape The Shining s shadow mostly unscathed. Michael O Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film two stars out of four and wrote Part homage to Kubrick s moody atmospherics, and part hyper-literal superhero story, Doctor Sleep is stylish, engrossing, at times frustratingly illogical and, ultimately less than profoundly unsettling… Doctor Sleep will by no means make you drowsy, but it won t keep anyone up at night either. Austin Collins of Vanity Fair added Doctor Sleep is a horror movie, but what s immediately striking is its sudden breadth, it s humble resistance to the usual perils and thrills of blockbuster. It s refreshing. This is a story that feels larger than it is, in part because this story takes the shine and does something with it, reveals it for the tenuous, impermanent, vulnerable force that it is. Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound mentioned Doctor Sleep shouldn t work. Even now, the idea of making a big-budget sequel to arguably the greatest horror film of all time reads like a disaster on paper. Yet, to our surprise, Flanagan s execution warrants its existence.

Tom Philip of GQ wrote while Flanagan delivers an ending that sort of respects King s book and rhymes with The Shining s filmed conclusion, it all feels quite forced. At its heart, this is a film about a son rejecting his destiny to become his ghoulish father and forge his own path. It s a shame Doctor Sleep doesn t have the guts to do the same. Johnny Oleksinski of New York Post gave the film three out of four and said, The movie skillfully builds to the tense final sequence, in which writer/director Mike Flanagan has re-created the hotel just as it was in the 1980 film. He even films it in Kubrick s cavernous, blinding manner.

David Sims of The Atlantic said, Flanagan clearly understands how Kubrick s adaptation eclipsed King s attachment to the original story and became entrenched in the broader culture. But this movie is still just a very good facsimile. Doctor Sleep is wonderfully reverent when it comes to Kubrick s film, but that means it can t escape The Shining s shadow, no matter how much King might have wanted it to. Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film a C+ grade, commenting, … Doctor Sleep shows considerable effort to ingratiate itself to discerning cinephiles, from the moody Newton Brothers score to cinematographer Michael Fimognari s dark blue nighttime palette; as a whole, the movie conjures an eerie and wondrous atmosphere that blends abject terror with a somber, mournful quality unique to Flanagan s oeuvre. But his pandering to dueling source material results in a jagged puzzle beneath both of their standards . Alison Foreman of Mashable stated, Doctor Sleep could have tried to be The Shining s sequel, an intimidated son yearning to be like his father. Instead, it s entirely new… Doctor Sleep isn t The Shining, but it does shine. Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times wrote, You can t blame Flanagan for fetishizing the visual iconography of Kubrick s movie, for plunging back into his funhouse of horrors like the proverbial kid in a candy store. But the effect can t help but fundamentally alter the tone and intent of Doctor Sleep, briefly transforming a richly disturbing fantasy into an extravagant act of fan service. It taps into the minutiae of Kubrick s masterwork without fully teasing out its mystery.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Bram Stoker Awards	2020	Best Screenplay	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	February 7, 2020	Best Wide-Release Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
		Best Director	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Actor	Ewan McGregor	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Kyliegh Curran	Nominated
			Rebecca Ferguson	Won
		Best Screenplay	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Score	The Newton Brothers	Nominated
Fright Meter Awards	December 18, 2019	Best Horror	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
		Best Director	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Actor	Ewan McGregor	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Rebecca Ferguson	Won
		Best Screenplay	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Editing	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Michael Fimognari	Nominated
		Best Score	The Newton Brothers	Nominated
		Best Special Effects		Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association	January 29, 2020	Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards	February 8, 2020	Best Horror Movie of the Year	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association	January 9, 2020	Best Horror Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
IGN Summer Movie Awards	2019	Best Supporting Performer in a Movie	Rebecca Ferguson	Nominated
Music City Film Critics Association Awards	January 8, 2020	Best Horror Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
		Best Young Actress	Kyliegh Curran	Won
Phoenix Critics Circle	December 14, 2019	Best Horror Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards	March 29, 2019	Best Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
		Honorable Mention	Doctor Sleep – Mike Flanagan	Nominated
Saturn Awards	October 26, 2021	Best Horror Film	Doctor Sleep	Nominated
		Best Actor	Ewan McGregor	Nominated
		Best Actress	Rebecca Ferguson	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Kyliegh Curran	Won
		Best Director	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Writing	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Editing	Mike Flanagan	Nominated
		Best Make-Up	Robert Kurtzman and Bernadette Mazur	Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Awards	December 16, 2019	Best Youth Performance	Kyliegh Curran	Nominated
		Best Villain	Rebecca Ferguson (Rose the Hat)	Nominated
South African Horrorfest	October – November, 2020	Best Feature Film	Mike Flanagan	Won
		Best Director	Mike Flanagan	Won
		Best Actor	Ewan McGregor	Won
		Best Screenplay	Mike Flanagan	Won
Utah Film Critics Association Awards	December 22, 2019	Best Supporting Actress	Rebecca Ferguson	Nominated

Future

Prior to the film s release, Warner Bros. had enough confidence in the film that they hired Flanagan to script a prequel with the working title Hallorann, focusing on the character of Dick Hallorann. Following the disappointing box-office performance of Doctor Sleep, the future of the project is unclear.

Flanagan also confirmed that he was interested in directing a sequel focused on Abra Stone, and that he had asked King, who was open to the idea.

Year	2019
ReleaseDate	2019-11-08
RuntimeMins	152
RuntimeStr	2h 32min
Plot	Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
Awards	Awards, 9 wins & 37 nominations
Directors	Mike Flanagan
Writers	Mike Flanagan, Stephen King
Stars	Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran
Produced by	Jon Berg,Akiva Goldsman,Roy Lee,D. Scott Lumpkin,Trevor Macy,Kevin McCormick
Music by	The Newton Brothers
Cinematography by	Michael Fimognari
Film Editing by	Mike Flanagan
Casting By	Anne McCarthy,Kellie Roy
Production Design by	Maher Ahmad,Patricio M. Farrell
Art Direction by	Richie Bearden,Elizabeth Boller,Austin Gorg,Gaston Langer,Justin O’Neal Miller
Set Decoration by	Gene Serdena
Costume Design by	Terry Anderson
Makeup Department	Toni Bisset,Giancarlo Brajdic,Andrea Edge,Jigga,Marcia King,Don Kozma,Robert Kurtzman,Karen Lovell,Bernadette Mazur,Lindsay McAllister,Greg McDougall,Rita Parillo,Cristina Patterson,Traci Walker,Staci Witt,David DuMortier
Production Management	Alex Capaldi,D. Scott Lumpkin,Daniel Paress,Kelley Smith-Wait
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Katye Kalivoda,Meaghan F. McLaughlin,Janell M. Sammelman,Eric Brevig
Art Department	Jory Alvarado,Hilary Ament,Jason Andersen,Beau Anderson Sr.,A.J. Austin,Carla Bailey,Vincent Bates,Andy Bays,Boyd Bossler,Ian Breslerman,Kyle Bridwell,Mackenzie Buttrey,Chad Carlson,Sam Carter,Katie Childs,Danielle Couture,Molly Ebner,Shawn Fasulkey,Carol Francoso,Marissa E. Gallardo,William Gideon,Matt Halladay,Gabe Harrington,Nic Harvey,Nicholas Hatfield,Jason Alan Hoffman,Kelly Irby,Charlie Jaramillo,Katrina Johnson,Patrick S. Johnson,Blade Ladish,Jayme Leach Long,Sean Mannion,Josh Moceri,Sadey Paige Nifong,Scott Nifong,Jose F. Garcia Pineda,John Pundt,Brian Evans Ray,Mike Ruffalo,Grant Samson,Lindsey Schnabel,Joshua Shomo,Hannah Smith,Murray Steele,Raymond Talley,Michael E. Thomas,Kevin Vickery,Scott B. Warner,Scott D. Warner,Joe Watson,Joshua Wells,Kyler West,Christopher Wicker,Cait Wilson,Laurel Surratt
Sound Department	Michael Babcock,Michael Baird,Ian Bender,Sean Byrne,Mark Coffey,Nicolas Colantuoni,Jason Dotts,Aidan Dykes,Trevor Gates,Geraldo Gutierrez,Matthew Thomas Hall,Kristen Hirlinger,Max Hirtenstein,Mike Horton,Jesse Kees,Mark Kenna,Paul B. Knox,Michael B. Koff,Brandon Kotfila,Kelly Lewis,Doug Madick,Ryan McCabe,Tim McKeown,Daniel Nakamura,Thomas J. O’Connell,Mark Purcell,Robert Sharman,Aaron Southerland,Walter Spencer,Jason Sullivan,Brian Tarlecki,Russell Topal,Jonathan Wales
Special Effects by	Luisa Abuchaibe,James Carter,Matthew Lee Flory,Ken Gorrell,Keith Owen Harris,Josh Hollywood Harvey,Jeremy Hays,Matthew James,Victor Kerkslager,Bruce E. Merlin,Wes Perry,Michael Schorr,Joel Studer,Brian Panther,Nick Rand
Visual Effects by	Lukas Abraham,Luisa Abuchaibe,Kaevski Aleksandar,Scott E. Anderson,Peter Anlauf,Shawn Annets,Kapil Anurag,Kenneth Armstrong,Katrin Arndt,Florian Ast,Charles Baden,Denise Ballantyne,Philip Ballinger,Anne Barger,Wesley Barker,Tim Barter,Kilian Baur,Karina Benesh,Alessio Bertotti,Jason Bidwell,Kris Bieringa,Michael Birnstingl,Douglas Bloom,Julia Boldt,Andres Bonelli,Mark Bradley,Nicola Brennan,Eric Brevig,Zach Brinkerhoff,Laura Brocato,Laura Ludovica Buccinnà,Chad Buehler,Benjamin Burr,Nikolai Bury,Liliana Campuzano,Julia Caram,Angelique Cecere,Cristiano Cesolari,Miguel Chan,Stephen Cheatum,Jinhwan Choi,Jimi Clark,Karen Clarke,Alejandro Corral,Mirela Costache,Gayanath Dayasundara,Vance Dehne,Heather DeJohn,Gianluca Dentici,Mehul Desai,Kunal Deshpande,Damien di Toro,Daniel Diaz,Marian Dobrunz,Brett Dowler,Shannon Shari Drewitz,Loa Mayra Dumong,Laura El Alam,Erik Elizalde,Charlie H. Ellis,Sebastian Elsner,Christian Emond,Cassie Espinoza,Emily Francione,Vincent Frei,Tonio Freitag,Bradley Gaines,Florian Gellinger,Andreas Giesen,Bryan Godwin,Akin Goecmenli,Abhijitsinh Gohil,Daniel Gonzalez,Brent Greening,Omer Gurkan,Adam Guzowski,David Hall,Ryan D. Hansford,Peter Hart,Christoph Hasche,Ehsan Hassani Moghaddam,Michael Haupt,Jake Heggen,Belén Heydt,Laura J. Hill,Roy Hoes,Falk Hofmann,Oliver Hohn,Stephen Holbrook,Korbinian Hopfner,Amanda Howanice,Jason Howey,Kang Hui,Marc Hutchings,Kolja Hübschmann,Drew Jones,Will Jones,Stefan Jähner,Dziga Kaiser,Anurag Kapil,Eugen Kelle,Anthea Kerou,Alvin Keung,Suraj Kaur Khalsa,Linda Y. Kim,Aivo Kisis,Lukas Tiberio Klopfenstein,Julianna Kolakis,Marc Kolbe,Jari Koski,Yale Kozinski,Oliver Kurrle,Kristian Kück,Dave Ladner,Joshua Lake,Martin Lake,Philipp Lambsdorff,Michael Lankes,Kevin Lecocq,Jenny Leupold,Rachel Litz,Nick Lobban,Mareike Loges,Richard Lukacs,Johannes Lumer,Leo Luxford,Susan Ma,Melanie Mack,Dawn Brooks Macleod,Lisa Maher,Tytus Majerski,Eric Mancha,Sam Margolius,Michael T. Marlett,Douglas Marshall,Daniel James Mason,Eric Mattson,Dan McCarthy,Matthew McGivney,Tom McHattie,Jim McVay,Sebastian Meinecke,Philipp Mekus,Summer Meng,Nelson Miranda,Allan Morel,Ryan E. Murphy,Stefan Müller,Jeff Nadwidny,Patrick Nanton,Jonathan R. Nelson,Trent Newton,Arian Nikjeh,Dennis Niko,Katharina Nimmervoll,Jack Nolan,Simon Ohler,Nicholas Onstad,Demir Organ,Juan Orozco,Molly Pabian,Foram Pardiwala,Steve Parsons,Ratnesh Patel,Nikhil P. Patil,Sujeet Patil,Negin Paydarfar,Guillermo Paz,Christine Peterson,Emil Pfeifer,Michael Pickering,Luigi Pisciotta,Suncica Predojevic,Jaime Provido,Olivia Puchalla,Austin Ramsey,Ryan Ramsey,Eric Ravenstein,Kisholay Ray,Travis Reinke,Leslie Renaud,Jana Rexhausen,Matthew Ribeiro,Roger Rosa,Jan Roth,Paul Round,Viktoria Rucker,Alexander Rumpf,Jesse Russell,Duane Rutkowski,Enrique Sagasta,David Salamon,Thomas Sali,Timo Scheu,Matthias Schiemann,Daniel Schindler,Marius Schmücker,Abraham Schneider,Erik Schneider,Eric Schoellnast,Yannic Schoof,Niel Schorfield,Rayk Schroeder,Andreas Schulz,Angelika Schweitzer,Paul Schweizer,Jérémie Sebban,Zsolt Sebok,John Sellings,Rasoul Shafeazadeh,Cathy Shaw,Ming-Yee Sheh,Drew Shields,Peter Sidoriak,Romain Sontag,Patricia Sorbi,Doug Spilatro,Igor Staritsin,Arek Stefaniak,Peter Steffan,Nando Stille,Jonas Stuckenbrock,Moshe Swed,John Swinnerton,Krzysztof Szulc,Marko Süssinger,Olcun Tan,James Tavet,Olivier Thibaut,Shermaine Toh,Merten Tremer,Andrija Trickovic,Donald Tse,Vladislav Tushevskiy,Ed Ulbrich,Nicolas Valente,Yuri Vasilyev,Dragan Vujnic,Kiara Walker,Jannik Walzer,Mike Wassel,Jonathan Weber,Isabelle Westfall,Marc Whitelaw,Mona Wiemer,Matthias Winkler,Alexander Wlk,Rachel Wright,Sercan Yasar,Michal Zsigmund,Pratham Karnik,Lauren Marton,Jesper Rahlff,Raechel Sturm,Craig Wentworth
Stunts	Tom Akos,Ashlen Aquila,Steven Atkinson,Chuck Borden,Kurt Bryant,Esteban Cueto,Alan D’Antoni,William Fumicello,Noah Bain Garret,Lex D. Geddings,Dean Grimes,Heather Hayes,David Paul Lord,Wakisha Malone,Richard Marrero,Anderson Martin,Eddie Matthews,William Morts,Leesa Pate,Steven Ritzi,Aja Sims,Brett Solomano,Mark Weinhandl,Justin T. Woods,Casey Ann Zeller
Camera and Electrical Department	Nick Anderson,Eric Androvich,Dumaine Babcock,Kevin Barrera,Matt Bauske,Brenton Booth,Dane Brehm,Conrad Brown,Ian Campbell,Joe Cassano,Carlos Castrillon,Craig Clements,John Clisham,Dan Cornwall,Edward J. Cox,Catherine Cravens,Eric Damazio,Tony Damazio,Thomas H. Dean,Nezben Deason,Thomas DeRose,Benjamin Eades,Rusty Edmonson,Terry Fitzpatrick,Mike Fortin,Dale Fowler,Raphael Freud,Ashton Hammill,Tyler Harrison,Adam Horne,Chip Huntington,Travers Jacobs,Elton Hartney James,John Jarhead Gorman,Jordan C. Kadovitz,Chris Lumpkin,Tim Marshall,Joseph Mason,Matthew C. McCarthy,Matthew Mebane,Paul Metcalf,Jessica Miglio,Thabo Mokgotho,Scott Montgomery,Chrisko Morales,Josiah Morgan,Alan Newcomb,Craig Nix,Louie Northern,Oscar Ohlson,Kane Pearson,Raul Peña,Josh Quick,James Reid,Kenny Rivenbark,Chris Salamone,Todd SanSone,Henry Schroeder,Nick Seoane,Clyde Sharman,James C. Sharpe,Matt Shearer,Misty Smith,Michael Solomon,Scott Stuart,Stephen Stumberg,Troy Toebben,Eric Townsend,Christian Tucci,Oscar Valdivia,Thomas Valko,Art Villasenor,Troy Wagner,Jeff Wallace,Jacob Watts,Franco Rosa
Animation Department	Erik A. Castillo,Sachin S. Suryawanshi
Casting Department	Susan Boyajian,Michelle Pak,Morgan Robbins,Tammy L. Smith
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Whit Cornwall,Jen Eden,Megan Fudge,Ana González-Dorta,Jess L. Johnson,Tessa Kicklighter,Erinn Knight,Les Morgan,Johnna Thomas
Editorial Department	Jill Bogdanowicz,Raymond Calderon,Beau Cardall,Hunter Furnish,Borna Jafari,Joe Ken,Marc Lulkin,Carl S.G. Moore,Justin Omori,Tedd Pfeifer,Brian Jeremiah Smith,Ian Sullivan,Salvatore Valone,Valance Eisleben,Tyler Roth,Ryan Shovey,Douglas Yablun
Location Management	Ben Beeler,Matt Bender,Ian Bogert,Will Hammargren,Danny Maze,Carlos Rey del Castillo,Gonzo Rey del Castillo,Pedro Romero,Bridget Young,Gregory Bankston,Matt Bender,Alison Maloof,Katie Max,Patrick Mizell,Caitlin Nowak,Chris Petro II,Lane Steffler,Joelle Grace Taylor,Ricky Tyree,Michael Woodruff
Music Department	Christoph Allerstorfer,Michael W. Barry,Jacqueline Brand,Bethany Brinton,Reid Bruton,James Burkholder,Paul Cartwright,Matt Chamberlain,Heather Clark,Blake Cooper,Meredith Crawford,Wade Culbreath,Tim Davis,Paul Dresher,Allie Feder,Luke Flynn,Sara Galiana,Ross Gasworth,Abdiel Gonzalez,Mark Graham,Tom Hardisty,Dylan S. Hart,The Hollywood Studio Symphony,Luanne Homzy,Riley Hughes,Craig Huxley,Benjamin Jacobson,Julie Jung,Michael Kaufman,Brian Kilgore,Chris Kollgaard,Pete Korpela,Armen Ksajikian,Edie Lehmann Boddicker,Michael Lichtenauer,Baraka May,Lucia Micarelli,Jonathan Moerschel,S. Peace Nistades,Victor Pesavento,Radu Pieptea,Brett Pierce,Diane Freiman Reynolds,Ryan Robinson,Andrew Rowan,Charlie Savage,Anna Schubert,Eric Shetzen,Kate Sloan,Charlie Tyler,Matthew J. Ward,Suzanne Waters,Mary Webster,Lara Wickes,Elyse Willis,Joe Zimmerman,Gina Zimmitti,Benjamin Louis Brody
Script and Continuity Department	Andrea Manners
Transportation Department	Pamela Hovies-Ivey,Chuck Mathews,Nathan May,Michael McMahan,Scott Morlan,Paula Pierce,Sean Satterwhite,Jeremy Stokes,Sue Vigliotti,Charlie Wright
Additional Crew	Kyle Allgood,Wendy Altman-Cohen,Javier Alvarez,Jenny Arasi,Aaron Becker,Emerald Black,Ericka Bonilla,Daniel Booko,Charity Faith Carter,Joe Colavincenzo,Elizabeth Driscoll,Rebecca Drummond,Danielle Dudley,Kasey Emas,Rebecca Flinn-White,Jennifer Furgal,Marjan Ghadrdan,Jesse Gi,Alyssa Grizzly Goldman,Emilio Gonzalez Moreno,Ali Griffith,Nick Hayes,Kathryn Hensel,Elizabeth Himelstein,Timothy Hofius,John Howington,Lori Ada Jaroslow,Molly Kaplan,Andrew Corbit Kelly,Nancy Kirhoffer,Xavier Leblanc,Kathleen Loesel,Anna Elisa Mackowiak,Alexandra Magistro,Tiffany McDonald,Troy James Miller,Jack Montague,Samantha Montgomery,David Moore,Ashley Morgan,L. Crawford Norman III,Terry Notary,Thomas O’Flaherty,Sinatra Onyewuchi,Scott Parker,Paul Perez,Walt Perez,Chris Petro II,Rob Porter,William Michael Redman,Gabrielle Rogers,Kaila Rucker,Aaron Salazar,Drew Sanchez,John M. Scherer,Missy Simms,Brett P. Smith,Alejandra Stack,Kim Sullivan,Alphonse Swinehart,Temple Tucker,Adam Van Dyke,Corey Watson,David Zoeller
Thanks	Brian Jeremiah Smith
Genres	Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Companies	Warner Bros., Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	7.3
ImDbRatingVotes	189069
MetacriticRating	59
Keywords	based on the works of stephen king,hat,vampire,the shining,based on novel