Stephen King Pens Shining Sequel

During his trip to Toronto this week, King revealed that he has begun to work on the follow-up to his popular novel The Shining.

However, the author said that he is extremely nervous about the idea of writing the sequel to one of his best known stories. "Maybe if I keep talking about it I won’t have to write it," he joked.

The working title of the novel is Doctor Sleep, and the story takes place 40 years later, focusing on the main character, Jack Torrance’s son, Danny, who sensed the evil spirits and danger when his father was taking care of a hotel.

The Shining was brought to the big screen in 1980. The epic horror flick was directed by Stanley Kubrick and starred Jack Nicholson, with a budget of 22 million dollars.

The project didn’t exactly astonish Stephen King, who decided to do a miniseries on his book in 1997. He tried to keep the story line as close as possible to the novel, in contrast to the film. The miniseries was directed by Mick Garris and starred Steven Weber in the role of Jack Torrance.

The Shining was Stephen King’s third book, but was the one that shot him to bestselling fame.