Ewan McGregor, who will star as the grown-up Danny Torrence in Doctor Sleep, hopes that King appreciates the cinematic sequel because it will be more faithful to his work that Kubrick’s film was.
The sequel to Stephen King’s popular novel The Shining is getting its own film adaptation and the star is hoping the follow-up will be able to do something the original never did, impress the author.
Stephen King’s lack of appreciation for the Stanley Kubrick directed film is so well known it became a plot point in a recent blockbuster.