The film that will adapt Stephen King’s novel Doctor Sleep has tapped actress Rebecca Ferguson to star opposite Ewan McGregor.
The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Ferguson is in talks to join the horror feature based on King’s 2013 novel, a sequel to the 1977 horror classic, The Shinning from Stanley Kubrick.
In the sequel, McGregor will play a now-adult Danny Torrance, a spitting image of his father. Battling alcoholism, Danny is still trying to come to terms with the trauma of his childhood in that Colorado hotel. Danny uses his “shining” powers to help the dying at the hospice where he works.
Helming the feature is Mike Flanagan. His producing partner, Trevor Macy, will produce along with Vertigo Entertainment’s Jon Berg.
Ferguson film credits include Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation and The Greatest Showman. She will reprise her role as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible – Fallout which hits theaters next month.
