Mike Flanagan reveals that the Shining prequel has been canceled by Warner Bros.

While the famous director Mike Flanagan prepares to bring two new horror miniseries to the Netflix catalog, after hits like ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ and ‘Midnight Mass’, the horror expert confessed that his plans to make a prequel to ‘The Shining’ were canceled by Warner Bros.

In recent years Mike Flanagan has become one of the most famous and loved directors of series and horror films by fans of this genre and, as if that weren’t enough, he also took care of presenting the sequel to ‘The glow’titled’ Doctor Sueño ‘in 2019, which did not have the expected success.

It is only because of the poor reception this scary sequel got a few years ago, that Warner Bros has decided to back off plans to present a prequel to “The Shining” at Cinema. This is what Mike Flanagan confessed on social networks, answering questions from fans about him, as James Gunn usually does.

I’ll always be sorry it wasn’t done, “Flanagan wrote of the” The Shining “prequel.

In response to a question from one of his followers, Mike Flanagan assures that this cancellation is “Due to Doctor Sleep’s box office performance, Warner Bros chose not to move forward.In reference to the prequel that was in his plans to expand the world of Stephen King at Cinema. “They control the rights, so that’s it”He said about the company.

Given the renovation started Warner Brosafter the merger with Discovery, it is to be expected that this type of news will continue to circulate (and surprise) on social networks, but fortunately Netflix continues to trust Mike Flanagan’s work and has already prepared two miniseries.

Mike Flanagan will be back on Netflix very soon

In 2021 Mike Flanagan brought the religious horror miniseries’ Midnight Mass’ to Netflix with a story that has captivated audiences since its first week, and this year everything is set for the debut of ‘The midnight club’a new horror story that includes a youthful, paranormal twist, of which not much has been revealed.

On 7 October, the series’ The Midnight Club ‘will debut on Netflix and, above all, Mike Flanagan has already finished recording his new project for the streaming giant, entitled’The fall of the House of Usher’, another horror miniseries, adapting some of the literary works of the famous Edgar Allan Poe, although its release date is unknown for this production.