Well, this is going to based on Doctor Sleep which is King’s sequel to his own novel, but Kubrick’s version casts a long shadow. (And they sure aren’t going to tie it to the 1997 miniseries King did.) People are going to wonder why Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd aren’t in this either way.

Star Wars and The Shining have crossed paths before. They couldn’t start building sets for ESB at Elstree until Kubrick finished shooting his film. (And the fire that destroyed one of the soundstages was another delay.) Fake snow from The Shining was allegedly recycled for Hoth.