No one saw the lackluster performance of director Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep coming, not even Warner Bros. The studio had even planned for the filmmaker to immediately direct a follow-up to Doctor Sleep, a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror film The Shining. The planned follow-up would’ve been a prequel centered around the telepathic character Dick Hallorann, played by Scatman Crothers in The Shining and … Continue reading ‘Hallorann’: ‘The Shining’ Prequel Was Killed Due to Poor ‘Doctor Sleep’ Box Office Performance!!

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. Warner Bros. was so bullish on the prospect of the Shining sequel that they had already quietly commissioned a script for a further sequel—a sequel that’s unlikely to see the light of day following Doctor Sleep’s opening … Continue reading ‘Hallorann’: A ‘Doctor Sleep’ Sequel Was Already in Development!!!