The film was largely embraced by critics (and later got its very own Director's Cut, which is even better than the theatrical version), but audiences simply didn't show up for it. They control the rights, so that was that.”ĭoctor Sleep (2019), if you don't recall, was Flanagan's attempt to combine Stanley Kubrick's take on The Shining with Stephen King's sequel novel, Doctor Sleep. When asked why the project didn't go forward, Flanagan said: "Because of Doctor Sleep’s box office performance, Warner Bros. I'll always regret this didn't happen" in response to a fan-made poster for the never-made film. Here's some interesting trivia for fans of director Mike Flanagan ( Doctor Sleep, Gerald's Game) and author Stephen King (the guy who wrote the novels upon which those Flanagan films were based): if Doctor Sleep had performed better at the box office, Flanagan was waiting in the wings to deliver another Shining prequel - this one centered around noted Shine-haver Dick Halloran.įlanagan revealed the news himself on Twitter over the weekend, saying, "We were so close.
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