Bruce Greenwood Joins Stephen King’s DOCTOR SLEEP
Mike Sprague
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Director Mike Flanagan’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep is all set to star Ewan McGregor as grown-up Danny Torrance. And today we have word via Deadline that Bruce Greenwood has joined the cast.
He will be playing a character named Dr. John. The description of the character is being kept under wraps. I guess this casting comes as no surprise as Greenwood just starred in Flanagan’s Netflix adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game. And Greenwood was fucking fantastic in that flick to boot!
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Mike Flanagan is directing Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, Rebecca Ferguson as Rose The Hat, and Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone. Flanagan rewrote Akiva Goldsman’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 2013 novel. Flanagan’s Intrepid Pictures partner Trevor Macy will produce along with Vertigo Entertainment’s Jon Berg, and Goldsman is executive producer.
Synopsis:
Doctor Sleep begins as Torrance carries the trauma of the Overlook Hotel into adulthood. He’s become a reflection of his murderous father, with lingering rage and a drinking problem that dulls his pain as well as his “shining” powers. Those powers return when he embraces sobriety and uses his gift to help the dying at a hospice. He establishes a psychic connection with a young girl who shares his extreme abilities, and who is being targeted by a group with similar abilities. They’ve found that their powers grow if they inhale the “steam” that comes off others with the power to shine, when they are suffering painful deaths.
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