1. This film is a sequel to the film "The Shining" (1980), based on Stephen King's novel "Doctor Sleep" of the same name. The novel Sleep Doctor was published by Scribner on September 24, 2013.
2. At a book signing in 1998, a fan asked Stephen King this question: "What happened to Danny?" This question was the beginning of Stephen King's plans for "The Shining" The start of the sequel, Doctor Sleep. Stephen King is also wondering how things would have been different if Danny's alcoholic father, Jack (Danny's dad), had gone to AA. He later started thinking about how old Danny should be now and where was Wendy, and decided to write a sequel to answer those questions. But this is indeed a difficult task.
3. Ewan McGregor, Dan Stevens, Chris Evans, Matt Smith, Jeremy Renner were considered for the lead role Danny and all met with the director . In the end, Ewan McGregor got the approval of Stephen King and got the role.
4. In Doctor Sleep, Stephen King named one of the wizards in the book Quentin Beck, after the supervillain Mysterio in the Spider-Man comics: Quentin Beck Baker.
5. Danny Lloyd, the actor who played Danny Jr. in The Shining (1980), was 6 years old, and now Danny Lloyd is 46. McEwan Gregg is now 48 years old, and the two are not too different in age.
6. John Cusack has expressed interest in playing Danny Torrance.
7. Director Mike Flanagan had to convince Stephen King that although Stephen didn't like Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," audiences were more familiar with The Shining than the book. The Shining, and most people like the movie version more than the book version. Because of this, the movie had to be a sequel to The Shining, and some parts were directly related to The Shining.
8. This film marks the second time Ewan McGregor has taken on a coming-of-age role for an iconic character, first in 2018 when he played the grown-up in Christopher Robin (2018) Robin. Of course, when it comes to his youth as an iconic character, Mack is best known for playing Obi-Wan in Star Wars: The Prequel.
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