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‘Doctor Sleep’ Will Be Rated R, Director Mike Flanagan Says


“Doctor Sleep,” the sequel to “The Shining” starring Ewan McGregor as an grownup Danny Torrance, has been Rated R by the MPAA, the movie’s director Mike Flanagan mentioned on Twitter Wednesday.

The movie was given the R score for “disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity, and drug use,” which Flanagan mentioned, “Sounds about right.” The score was additionally confirmed by the MPAA through FilmRatings.com.

McGregor performs Danny (the son of Jack Nicholson’s iconic character within the authentic) as a person now in his 40s, many years faraway from the occasions of “The Shining.” Danny finds himself speaking with a younger lady named Abra Stone who additionally has shine talents to speak through the thoughts and who may simply be one of the crucial highly effective of people with the trait.

Stephen King revealed “Doctor Sleep” in 2013 as a sequel to his 1977 basic “The Shining,” and it’s simply one of many King sequels Warner Bros. is releasing this fall, the opposite being “It: Chapter Two.” That movie, launched by Warner Bros. and New Line, additionally finds grownup variations of its beforehand younger characters going through off in opposition to their previous demons, particularly the monster clown Pennywise.

Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Carl Lumbly and Jacob Tremblay additionally star within the movie. “Doctor Sleep” will hit theaters on Nov 8.



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