Ben Stiller Cast In Jack Nicholson Role For The Shining On Stage
Ben Stiller is in talks to star as Jack Nicholson's character, Jack Torrance, in a stage adaptation of TheShining set to premiere on London's West End in 2023. Stiller is widely known for his more comedic roles, such as vain and oblivious actor Tugg Speedman in Tropic Thunder, and vain but oblivious model Derek Zoolander in Zoolander. His last starring film role was in the little-seen 2017 dramedy, Brad's Status, and since then Stiller has taken a backseat from acting to focus his efforts on producing and directing. In that regard, he's met some acclaim, helming every episode of the prison drama, Escape at Dannemora, and recently directing several episodes of the dystopian workplace thriller, Severance.
Renowned theater director Ivo van Hove is bringing the Stephen King work to the stage. Van Hove has distinctive style that is at once minimalist and over-sized, often utilizing projection screens in inventive ways, and has been pinned as being «avante-garde.» Despite being divisive amongst critics and audience members alike, van Hove has been in charge of several high-profile stage adaptations in the past few years. In 2019, he directed Bryan Cranston to a Tony win as anchorman Howard Beale in Network on Broadway, and also brought classic 1950's film All About Eve to the West End (the London equivalent of Broadway) starring Gillian Anderson. His latest work was the pre-pandemic adaptation of West Side Story, which he was working on at roughly the same time that Stephen Spielberg decided to adapt it for the big screen.
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Deadline began tracking the story in 2017, when plans for a Shining stage adaptation were percolating until the Covid pandemic
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