The long-discussed (and often dreaded) film prequel to The Shining finally has a director. The Overlook Hotel will be directed by Mark Romanek, working from a script by former Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Overlook Hotel will be based on Stephen King's original prologue to the novel. Though the material has never been published, King described it as "a sketchy history of the Overlook's construction" that details "a number of terrible events that had occurred there."
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