Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep Movie Details:
| Also known as | Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep |
| Based on | Doctor Sleep by Stephen King |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Release date | October 21, 2019 (Regency Village Theater) November 8, 2019 (United States) |
| Running time | 2hr 32min |
| Age rating | R |
| Starring | Ewan McGregor Rebecca Ferguson Kyliegh Curran Cliff Curtis |
| Directed by | Mike Flanagan |
| Written by | Mike Flanagan |
| Produced by | Trevor Macy Jon Berg |
| Cinematography by | Michael Fimognari |
| Edited by | Mike Flanagan |
| Music by | The Newton Brothers |
| Production Company | Warner Bros. Pictures Intrepid Pictures Vertigo Entertainment |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Doctor Sleep Movie Cast & Characters:
- Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance
- Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat
- Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone
- Cliff Curtis as Billy Freeman
- Zahn McClarnon as Crow Daddy
- Emily Alyn Lind as Snakebite Andi
- Selena Anduze as Apron Annie
- Robert Longstreet as Barry the Chunk
- Carel Struycken as Grampa Flick
- Katie Parker as Silent Sarey
- Jamie Flanagan as Diesel Doug
- Met Clark as Short Eddie
- Zackary Momoh as David Stone
- Jocelin Donahue as Lucy Stone
- Dakota Hickman as Young Abra
- Carl Lumbly as Dick Hallorann
- Henry Thomas as The Bartender
- Bruce Greenwood as Dr. John
- Sallye Hooks as Mrs. Massey
- Alexandra Essoe as Wendy Torrance
- Roger Dale Floyd as Young Danny
- George Mengert as Charlie
- Jacob Tremblay as Bradley Trevor
- Chelsea Talmadge as Deenie
- Violet McGraw as Violet
- Bethany Anne Lind as Violet’s Mother
- Nicholas Pryor as Elderly Patient
- Peggy Tillman as Toddler
- Deadra Moore as Mrs. Robertson
- Jason Davis as Businessman
- Alyssa Gonzalez as Supermarket Clerk
- Shane Brady as Magician
- Danny Lloyd as Spectator
- Michael Monks as Delbert Grady
- Hugh Maguire as Horace Derwent
- Sadie Heim as Grady Twin
- Kk Heim as Grady Twin
- Mistie Gibby as Bobbie
- Callie McClincy as Library Kid
- Logan Medina as Library Kid
- Johnnie Gordon as Library Kid
- Molly C. Quinn as Mrs. Grady
- Evan Dumouchel as Victor T. Boorman
- MacLeod Andrews as Roger Macassi
- Fedor Steer as Vito the Chopper
- Charles Green as U.S. Senator
- Marc Farley as James Parris
- Juan Carlos Romero Perez as Baseball Coach
- Sarah Morrison as Girl
Storyline:
Years following the events of The Shining, a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
About Doctor Sleep Movie:
Doctor Sleep is an American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Mike Flanagan. It is an adaptation of the 2013 novel of the same name by Stephen King and sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining. The film stars Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance, a man with psychic abilities and a drinking problem, who struggles with childhood trauma caused by the horrors at the Overlook Hotel. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff Curtis have supporting roles as new characters: Abra Stone and Billy Freeman team up with Dan to take down Rose the Hat and her gang of followers.
Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a film adaptation shortly after Doctor Sleep was published in 2013. Writer-producer Akiva Goldsman wrote a script, but the studio did not secure a budget for the film until the box office success of its 2017 horror film It, also based on a novel by King. Flanagan was hired to rewrite Goldsman’s script and direct the Doctor Sleep film. Flanagan said he wanted to reconcile the differences between The Shining novel and film.
Filming began in September 2018 in the U.S. state of Georgia; locations included Atlanta, St. Marys, and St. Simons. In the area of Atlanta, specific locations included Covington, Canton, Stone Mountain, Midtown, Porterdale, and Fayetteville. Production concluded in December 2018. By January 2019, Flanagan was editing the film.
Doctor Sleep held its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on October 21, 2019, and was theatrically released worldwide on October 31, 2019, and in the United States on November 8. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Flanagan’s direction and screenplay, and the performances of the cast (especially McGregor, Ferguson, and Curran) but criticized its runtime.
Grossing $72.3 million worldwide, its performance at the box office was considered a disappointment compared to the other King adaptations released in 2019: It Chapter Two and Pet Sematary.
Doctor Sleep Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | $45–55 million |
| Domestic Opening | $14,114,124 |
| Domestic Collection | $31,581,712 |
| International Collection | $40,800,000 |
| Worldwide Collection | $72,385,286 |
