Daniel anthony danny torrance is the son of jack and wendy torrance, the older halfbrother of lucy stone and the uncle of abra stone. Sep 22, 20 doctor sleep picks up on the story of danny, the little boy with psychointuitive powers in kings famous 1977 novel, the shining. Stephen kings shining sequel, doctor sleep the new. Nov 08, 2019 when we first meet dan torrance ewan mcgregor on screen in doctor sleep, hes every bit the crumbling alcoholic that king crafted for the pages of his book. Redrum returns in chilling first trailer for the shining. How the doctor sleep movie is different from stephen kings book. In short, both the doctor sleep book and film bring us back into the world of dan torrance ewan mcgregor, whose father jack torrance jack nicholson in the shining lost his mind and found his. Daniel torrance is considered to have a great deal of psionic abilities varying ability. This book is the sequel to kings 1977 horror masterpiece, the shining. In the shining, shelley duvall played wendy torrance with wideeyed panic. Charlie succumbed to unknown illness from old age yes 4. In this novel, the sequel to the shining, dan is an adult. Dan saw a vision of his father at what used to be the overlook hotel near the end of the novel.
The film version of the shining diverges heavily from stephen kings novel so. If youd like to learn what wendy, danny, and the overlook shortly after the events of the shining, read this recently released excerpt from doctor sleep. Making matters worse, dan has a special gift known as the. It turns out being a psychic boy whose father went. Stephen king reads first pages of the shining sequel. Doctor sleep explores the shinings mythology in thrilling new. Excerpt from stephen kings doctor sleep daily dead. Doctor sleep 2019 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Nov 08, 2019 in short, both the doctor sleep book and film bring us back into the world of dan torrance ewan mcgregor, whose father jack torrance jack nicholson in the shining lost his mind and found his. Both the book and film versions of doctor sleep revolve around abra stone, a kid with even stronger psychic powers than young danny torrance, but in the novel, abras family plays a much more. The character also appears in the 1997 tv miniseries of the book and. Dan has been seeing ghosts from room 237 ever since, but dick comforted him and helped him hone his shine.
The book reached the first position on the new york times. He has the shining which allows him to read peoples minds, and speak with other people with the shining ability which makes him a target of the hotel. King has taken the best parts of the shining, and carried them into doctor sleep. According to a strange boy named danny torrance, they eat children and the children they want to eat are both will and danny. Nov 08, 2019 ewan mcgregor stars in doctor sleep as an adult danny torrance, working through years of trauma from the events in the shining. His ability also allows him to see past, present, and future events through his guide, tony. The now middleaged dan torrance the boy protagonist of the shining must save a very special twelveyearold girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. Sleep and maintains a great deal of his abilities and powers when last seen in the shining. Doctor sleep also, if theres any violence or undesirable matters i.
Doctor sleep stephen king works archive of our own. The shining is a 1980 horror film directed by stanley kubrick and doctor sleep is a 2019 sequel based off the 20 novel. Ewan mcgregor will be playing an older version of danny torrance, and we catch up with him years after the. A worthy sequel to the shining, doctor sleep revisits danny torrance as an adult, where he has unfortunately inherited his fathers alcoholism, but also retains his ability to shine. It also allows him to see past, present, and future events through. The shining 1980, doctor sleep stephen king, doctor sleep 2019, supernatural teen and up audiences choose not to use archive warnings, graphic depictions of violence. The following is an excerpt from stephen kings new book, doctor sleep. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of kings third novel the shining. Bradley trevor knifed repeatedly in stomach rose the hat ohara 5. On the second day of december in a year when a georgia. In the followup, 40yearold danny now dan torrance moves to the small. Dont overlook the film doctor sleep the overlook is.
Much older than last encountered, daniel torrance regains his ability to shine during dr. Grownup dan is visited by dicks ghost again later in the f. Jan 21, 2020 even if you put the films legacy aside, doctor sleep is a beast of a book to adapt, packed with supporting characters, bplots, and trips down memory lane to the horrific events of the shining. Doctor sleep directors cut balances the stephen king book better not only was weaving the stories together difficult, but convincing king to allow flanagan to make a sequel to the 80s adaptation was a battle in and of itself, due to kings widely publicized hatred of kubricks movie. In 20, stephen king released the novel doctor sleep, a sequel to the 1977 novel that features an adult danny torrance as the protagonist. Mar 11, 2021 doctor sleep would hardly be the story of dannys coping with his childhood trauma if his mother wasnt a part of things. Obviously massive spoilers for doctor sleep follow. Just the other day, i was saying that sequels are not normally as good as the first book, well, doctor sleep completely disproved that theory.
John becomes a character who both danny and abra are able to turn to and trust when things get very weird. Wendy torrance and her son received a settlement from the corporation that owned the overlook. Doctor sleep book tony becomes the thought to be imaginary friend of abra stone, a young girl from new england very powerful with the shining more so than dandanny. In september 20, king published doctor sleep, a followup to the shining set. In this instance, danny torrance is a character that king had taken a shot at before.
In the doctor sleep novel, wendy torrance asked the overlook hotels chef, dick, to visit her son to help him get over the trauma of his dad, jack, going mad and trying to kill them at the winter escape. Doctor sleep follows dan torrance as an adult who has to save a 12yearold girl from a group of threatening paranormals. A main character that appears over and over in his work. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Wendy torrance in the doctor sleep novel is constantly. Doctor sleep movie vs book differences how mike flanagan. In writerdirector mike flanagans hotly anticipated doctor sleep, the second chapter in author stephen kings saga beginning with the shining, theres a deep exploration into themes that both the. Daniel anthony danny torrance is a fictional character that first appears in the 1977 novel the shining by stephen king as a child with telekinetic psychic powers called the shining.
Daniel anthony danny torrance is the fiveyearold son of jack and wendy. Mike flanagans doctor sleep actually shapes one key arc way better for danny torrance than the shining did with his dad, jack torrance, decades ago. Doctor sleep fixed what stephen king hated about the shining. Still haunted by his experiences at the overlook hotel which claimed his dads life. King first got the idea for doctor sleep in 1998 at a book signing when somebody asked him what happened to danny torrance from his novel the shining. He was portrayed by danny lloyd in the film, courtland mead in the miniseries, and ewan mcgregor in doctor sleep. He encounters a young girl named abra, who needs his help to fight the vampiric cult, the true knot. He has the shining, which allows him to detect spirits, thus making him a prime target of the overlook hotel. Stephen kings sequel to the shining, will be released on september 24th. Jack appeared in the novel doctor sleep, in which danny as an adult, went by dan discovered that he had a halfsister named lucy, and a niece named abra who had similar abilities to him only more powerful. The 2019 supernatural horror filmbased on kings 20 novel of the same name, a sequel to his 1977 novel, the shiningwas written and directed by mike flanagan.
At the end of kings book, jack torrance, busily descending into madness and, while. Daniel dan anthony torrance is one of the central characters in this novel. Jun 14, 2020 the directors cut of doctor sleep does a better job of balancing the original stephen king book. In both the novel and the film, danny torrance, now an adult, is haunted by memories of the hotel where his father died, and in both versions, fate. It far exceeded the shining, in my opinion, and has become one of my favourite king novels. On highways across america, a tribe of people called the true knot travel in search of sustenance. In 20 a following based on the main character daniel torrance has been published doctor sleep. Doctor sleep 2019 ewan mcgregor as dan torrance imdb. In the doctor sleep book, a living dick halloran teaches dan how. The ending of doctor sleep, the book, is a little happier.
Danny anthony dan torrance is the true main protagonist of stephen kings novel, the shining, its 1980 film, and the 1997 miniseries which is ignored by doctor sleep and the main protagonist of the 2019 movie sequel doctor sleep. Nov 12, 2019 in an alternate universe where people actually showed up to see doctor sleep in theaters, fans are enthused about the news that a further sequel is on the way. Nov 14, 2019 in the doctor sleep novel, wendy torrance asked the overlook hotels chef, dick, to visit her son to help him get over the trauma of his dad, jack, going mad and trying to kill them at the winter escape. Pictures produced a film adaptation of the novel with actor ewan mcgregor playing the adult danny torrance. Titled doctor sleep, the new novel focuses on danny torrance in his 40s and a tribe of psychic vampires. The true knot are a nomadic tribe of quasiimmortal people with dark psychic powers and they served as the main antagonistic group in the 20 stephen king novel and.
Theres been a haunted hotels worth of stephen king adaptations over the years, but few filmmakers have a knack for tapping into kings signature blend of heart, guts and gore like writerdirector mike flanagan and his longtime producing. Doctor sleep isnt just the title of stephen kings sequel to the shining, its also a nickname bestowed on danny torrance for a particular. That adaptation of stephen kings 1977 novel isnt a favorite of the authors. A worthy sequel to the shining, doctor sleep revisits danny torrance as an adult, where he has unfortunately inherited his fathers alcoholism, but also retains his.
This book is the third book published by stephen king. But as dan torrance knows, and tween abra stone learns, the true knot are quasiimmortal, living off the steam that children with the shining produce when. Sep 24, 20 jack and wendy torrances son, danny, is all grown up in doctor sleep. Becomes a ghost of room 237 the grady twins exsanguinated by delbert grady with an axe. Character profile for danny torrance from the shining page 1. Jack torrance who decided to regain control following to his alcoholism which made him. He meets a little girl named abra who reaches out to him telepathically. The true knot are a nomadic tribe of quasiimmortal people with dark psychic powers and they served as the main antagonistic group in the 20 stephen king novel and its 2019 film doctor sleep, which is a sequel to the 1977 stephen king novel and its 1980 film the shining. Barry the chunk smith shot with hunting rifles daniel dan torrance, billy freeman na the true knot members 7. How the doctor sleep movie is different from stephen king.
Feb 27, 2012 the new novel reimagines danny torrance as an 8yearold boy living alone with his mother, three years after the events of the shining. The character appears in the 1980 adaption of the shining and was played by danny lloyd. Even though dan had told himself that he would never drink because of what he had seen it do to his father, dan has grown up to be an alcoholic with anger issues. He works as an orderly at a hospice center where he uses his shining abilities to help dying patients pass over peacefully to the other side.
His epic works the dark tower, it, pet sematary, and doctor sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with it now the highestgrossing horror film of all time. Tony is never described or said to be seen in the book, just mentioned as abras imaginary friend. Redrum himself, danny torrance, all grown up and going by dan. Jun 25, 20 titled, doctor sleep, the new book follows mr. Based on the novel by stephen king, and functioning as a sequel to stanley kubricks classic film. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. Jun, 2019 in doctor sleep, psychic boy wonder danny torrance has grown into ewan mcgregors daniel torrance, and life hasnt gone that great for the guy. Based on the novel by stephen king, and functioning as a sequel to stanley kubricks classic film, warner bros. And believe us, in doctor sleep, the story is going to get incredibly strange before all is said and done.
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