Is Warner Bros. Prepping a Prequel to The Shining?
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-heres-johnny-again-wb-exploring-a-shining-prequel-20120727,0,4353298.story?track=rss
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Here’s a bit of news we didn’t see coming — Warner Bros. is apparently exploring the possibility of a prequel to The Shining, the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film based on the 1977 horror novel of the same name by Stephen King.
According to the LA Times, a person familiar with the project who was not authorized to talk about it publicly told them the studio has solicited the involvement of Hollywood writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) and her partners Bradley Fischer and James Vanderbilt to craft a new take as producers.
The film would focus on what happened before Jack Torrance, his wife, and their psychic son arrived at the haunted retreat where Torrance soon descends into violent madness. A WB spokeswoman cautioned that any Shining prequel is in a very early stage and not even formally in development.
Who knows what will come of it, but you can be sure we’ll be keeping our eyes and ears open for more info. And let’s not forget that King himself has a Shining sequel on its way (titled Doctor Sleep) that could also be optioned for a film at some point down the road.
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