It would be difficult to accurately describe the way it felt to turn the corner of an otherwise nondescript backlot building in Atlanta, Georgia and suddenly find myself standing in the Colorado Lounge of the Overlook Hotel. It would have almost felt like trespassing — like gawking at something we were never meant to see — had director Mike Flanagan not been there, beaming ear-to-ear as he ushered invited press into the heart of his latest project: Doctor Sleep, a successor to The Shining, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Doctor Sleep was always destined to be a complicated thing, considering the legacy that surrounds its predecessor, but the looming shadow of both Kubrick and King is not something Flanagan had any interest in trying to dodge or duck around. Instead, he welcomed the challenge — even though the idea was “scarier in practice than it was in concept.”
Source: IGN.com Doctor Sleep: How Involved Was Stephen King With the Shining Movie Sequel?