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Doctor Sleep's epic runtime has been confirmed as 2.5 hours

Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Photo credit: Warner Bros.

From Digital Spy

The running time of Stephen King movie adaptation Doctor Sleep has been revealed, and it's bloody long.

As noted by the BBFC (the British Board of Film Classifcation, acronym fans), the film will run for a grand total 151 minutes and 48 seconds. That's a whopping two-and-a-half hours. Plus an extra minute and 48 seconds.

For comparison's sake, that is very slightly longer than Avengers: Infinity War, although so much of that film was just credits.

Director Mike Flanagan shared news of the film's runtime on Twitter, adding: "Yeah, you may want to go with the SMALL soda...".

Photo credit: Warner Bros.
Photo credit: Warner Bros.

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One person who isn't bothered about the arse-numbing and bladder-busting runtime is Smallville actor Michael Rosenbaum, who tweeted: "This is the only movie that I want to be 2 /12 hours. honestly. Flanagan has earned it. Stephen King has earned. The franchise has earned. I'll actually sit through this one. haha."

The movie is a follow-up to The Shining, with Ewan McGregor taking over as Danny Torrance, the young boy with psychic powers from the first movie. Now an adult, he uses his powers to help patients while battling alcoholism.

The trailer for the movie includes recreations of plenty of iconic shots from the original movie, and we are sure the whole movie will contain plenty more.

Doctor Sleep will be released in cinemas on October 31 in the UK and November 8 in the US, after being brought forward from an original January, 2020 release date.

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