You may not acknowledge the title, however Mike Flanagan is maybe the perfect horror director working in the present day. Between Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Doctor Sleep and the terrific Netflix collection, The Haunting of Hill Home, he’s already carved out a pleasant profession within the style and is at the moment placing the ending touches on the Hill Home sequel, The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Doctor Sleep would possibly’ve underperformed on the field workplace, however that hasn’t discouraged the director and he’s now planning to adapt one other Stephen King novel. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Flanagan and Doctor Sleep producer Trevor Macy are tackling King’s 2014 ebook Revival for Warner Bros. No phrase on whether or not Flanagan will get behind the digital camera as nicely, however he’ll at the very least have main enter within the manufacturing as a producer.
Revival follows a drug addict who reconnects with a former mentor, a minister, who left the church after a tragedy. The minister turns into a religion healer who slowly turns into obsessive about electrical experiments. And this being a King ebook, you possibly can in all probability guess that issues don’t go nicely after that.
Doctor Sleep was one of the underrated motion pictures of 2019. The complicated title (normal audiences have been unaware that it was a sequel to The Shining) combined with its size (2.5 hours) didn’t do the movie any favors financially. And whereas Flanagan had plans for a sequel, they have been sadly nixed.
After all, the filmmaker additionally directed one other King adaptation, Gerald’s Recreation, for Netflix, so he’s well-versed within the creator’s materials. Warner Bros. will need to have confidence in Revival’s potential, too, in the event that they’re considering of a theatrical launch. Apart from It, which was a reboot and a recognized property, King’s work hasn’t been too profitable in theaters these days. Then once more, based mostly on the present surroundings, the film would possibly ultimately be pushed to streaming anyway.
When you haven’t already seen it, although, be sure you try Doctor Sleep. When you’re a fan of The Shining, you’ll positively dig it.
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