Doctor Sleep: The Shining sequel from Stephen King set for movie adaptation

Yet another of the author's novels being adapted to the big screen

Danny Lloyd, Lisa and Louise Burns in 1980 horror film The Shining (Rex Features)

The film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining quickly became a cinematic classic, with Jack Nicolson’s Jack Torrance being heralded as one of the greatest villains of all time.

Even with the high praise, King resisted writing a sequel for many years, only folding in 2013 when he published Doctor Sleep. The novel focusses on an adult Danny Torrance who has been traumatised by the events at Overlook Hotel.

The book went on to become and international bestseller, winning the Bram Stoker award for Best Novel.

Luckily for fans of the Stanley Kubrick directed original, the sequel is now being adapted into a film, with Oscar-winner Akiva Guildsman, of A Beautiful Mind fame, set to write the screenplay.

A director has yet to be confirmed but King will act as an executive producer.

There are a number of King novel’s currently being adapted for the big screen, including John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson’s Cell, the Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey starring The Dark Tower, and another adaptation of It.

Screenwriter Guildsman is also writing the adaptation of The Dark Tower and has previously worked on the likes of Batman & Robin, Cinderella Man and The Da Vinci Code. He will also reportedly be serving as writer on Transformers 6,7 and 8 in the future, having been tasked by Paramount to create a cinematic universe.