Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, is to be brought to film.

The novel, which became a bestseller upon release in 2013, is being adapted by Akiva Goldsman, who won an Oscar for adapting A Beautiful Mind and also wrote the scripts for Batman & Robin and Practical Magic.

The plot follows Danny Torrance years after the events in the Overlook Hotel as he suffers from the trauma of what happened to him and his family. He develops a psychic link to a 12-year-old girl who he must save after she gets involved with a sinister group of paranormals.

King will be an executive producer on the project while a director is still to be confirmed. It’s one of a number of King adaptations on the way. Later this year sees the release of Cell, with John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson while It and The Dark Tower, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey are also heading towards production.

King has confessed that he’s not a fan of Stanley Kubrick’s take on The Shining. Last year, he spoke to Rolling Stone and called the movie “misogynistic” for presenting Wendy Torrance as “a screaming dishrag”. He was also involved in a TV miniseries based on the same book, starring Steven Weber and Rebecca de Mornay.