Doctor Sleep: Ewan McGregor Plays Supernatural Guide in Shining Sequel

A grown-up Danny Torrance tries to help a young girl with the same supernatural powers as him stave off a deadly cult in the new trailer for Doctor Sleep. The film is based on Stephen Kings 2013 book of the same name, which is a sequel to his 1977 classic, The Shining.

Doctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor as Danny, who, at age 40, has constructed a life with some semblance of stability, though he remains haunted by the trauma he suffered at the Overlook Hotel. The opening of the trailer finds him encountering random words on the walls of his apartment, culminating of course with the appearance of the infamous Redrum.

Eventually, a young girl named Abra (played by Kyliegh Curran), who also has the shine, uses her gift to seek out Danny, believing he can help her against Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) and her followers, the True Knot, who feed off people with the shine in their quest for immortality. The trailer teases Danny and Abras terrifying fight against Rose the Hat, while also incorporating some of the most famous shots from Stanley Kubricks 1980 film version of The Shining.

Mike Flanagan wrote and directed Doctor Sleep, while the films cast also features Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Bruce Greenwood, Jocelin Donahue, Alex Essoe and Cliff Curtis.