quote "The Shining" is considered by many to be one of the most terrifying movies (and books) of modern time. But do fans want to know what went on at Colorado's spooky Overlook Hotel before Jack Torrance and family arrived? Warner Bros., which made the 1980 film, is considering making a prequel to "The Shining," the Los Angeles Times is reporting. The studio has producers working on a possible new take, but hasn't formally committed to the project, the newspaper reported. One of those producers, Laeta Kalogridis, wrote the script for the Leonardo DiCaprio film "Shutter Island," based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel. Stephen King certainly gave Kalogridis and crew enough to work with in his 1977 novel. As fans of the movie and book know, Jack Torrance (played memorably by Jack Nicholson) comes to serve as caretaker at the Overlook after a previous caretaker murdered his family and committed suicide, and the hotel is full of ghosts of previous visitors. The Times points out that King has been working on "Doctor Sleep," a sequel to "The Shining," featuring a grown-up Danny Torrance. Early reports were that the book will be published in 2013.

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Sweet! one of my all time favorites. I even liked the remake.

Ya' know, I always saw "The Shinning" movie as less of a supernatural/horror movie, and more of a look at how a man can really go crazy.
The subtle little supernatural things (leaving out little Dannys & Scattman's ability to "shine") that happened to Nicholson (like the pantry getting unlocked) that couldn't be written off as just hallucinations of a mind going crazy gave it just the slightest touch of the supernatural, while still keeping it mostly about a man going bad.

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quote Originally posted by Red88FF: Sweet! one of my all time favorites. I even liked the remake.

Remake? There was a remake?

quote Originally posted by Doni Hagan: Remake? There was a remake?

A three-part television miniseries.

quote Originally posted by Boondawg: A three-part television miniseries.

Ahhh. Thanks. Missed that.

quote Originally posted by Doni Hagan: Ahhh. Thanks. Missed that.

I did too.
But then, it would have been hard to do justice to the original. Nevermind the book.

And to do this, they need to stay away from the CGI, keep the theme and scenery to the period and not try to "modernize" anything. Hollywood seems to try to hype up movies and remakes with high end CGI and fake situations. It will be interesting to see.