A TV spin-off of one of the most classic horrors in movie history, The Shining, is on the way from Star Wars and Star Trek director JJ Abrams.
Titled Overlook (named after the Overlook Hotel, of course), this new horror-thriller series is inspired by and features famous characters from Stephen King's 1977 novel, and will launch on HBO's new streaming service HBO Max.
It follows last year's movie sequel to The Shining, the Mike Flanagan-directed Doctor Sleep, and will explore "the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction".
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Abrams will be involved as a producer with his company Bad Robot, which previously worked with King and Warner Bros TV on the Castle Rock TV series.
As announced earlier, Abrams' Bad Robot is also producing two other shows for HBO Max: one based on DC Comics' Justice League Dark, and a '70s-set drama called Duster about a getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate.
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Following the announcement of the three series, Kevin Reilly, the chief content officer of HBO Max, said: "What an amazing start to our association with the wildly imaginative Bad Robot team under JJ and Katie [McGrath].
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"What could be better than an original JJ idea and then Warner Bros letting them loose on iconic IP from Stephen King and the DC Universe and to provide more must-have programming on HBO Max."
HBO Max is launching in the US next month, although there's no word yet on when these shows are likely to arrive.
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