‘Doctor Sleep’: How Mike Flanagan Revived The Overlook Hotel

“We got to ride on a grown-up big wheel,” filmmaker tells TheWrap

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(Major spoiler alert: This article delves into heavy spoilers for “Doctor Sleep.” If you haven’t seen the movie, do not read on.)

“Dare to Go Back” is the slogan on the poster for director Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep,” a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining.” Of course, no “Shining” sequel could be complete without the Overlook Hotel — which created a difficult but fun challenge for Flanagan.

Flanagan told TheWrap that the crew rebuilt the hotel that Kubrick had made famous in 1980 using old stage sets and blueprints, which were made available to them by the Kubrick Estate and Warner Bros.

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