If you’ve been looking for another shot of Redrum, then this news should make you very happy — and possible very scared. Ewan McGregor is reportedly set to star in The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep.According to Variety on June 13, McGregor will reportedly play the adult version of Danny Torrance who is finally going to return to the Overlook Hotel where his dad lost his mind nearly 40 years ago. The question now is, will fans be ready to join him? (Bustle has reached out to Warner Bros. and Ewan McGregor’s reps for comment, but did not yet receive a response.)
The sequel to The Shining will reportedly be based on author Stephen King’s 2013 novel Doctor Sleep, which focuses on Danny, who now goes by Dan, in the years following his traumatic experience at the Overlook. No surprise, the events at the hotel have left him worse for wear. After years of struggling with alcoholism like his father, Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film). Dan, who now works at a hospice care, decides to get help, which results in his psychic powers coming back. His connection with a young girl who seems to share his psychic abilities, leads him back to the Overlook, which is now a campsite run by a mysterious group called True Knot. No surprise, all these years later, it’s a site that still houses something sinister.
While King reportedly isn’t writing the Doctor Sleep script, it’s clear that the author’s fingerprints are all over this movie. The film will reportedly be directed by Mike Flanagan, who directed…
