With a whole host of Stephen King’s work having been adapted for screens both big and small over the past few years, now comes word on another hotly-anticipated adaptation: Doctor Sleep.

As per Deadline, Mike Flanagan has been brought in to direct Doctor Sleep for Warner Brothers. Flanagan – best known to genre fans for the likes of Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake and Ouija: Origin of Evil – had been long rumoured to helm the sequel to King’s iconic The Shining, following his impressive adaptation of King’s Gerald’s Game last year.

The synopsis for Doctor Sleep reads:

Doctor Sleep takes place years after the events at the Overlook Hotel and focuses on the now middle-aged Danny who is still traumatized. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps and has problems with anger management and alcoholism. He soon gives up drinking and settles in a small town in New Hampshire. While there, his psychic abilities start to resurface and he develops a psychic link with a 12-year-old girl named Abra Stone who he must save after he discovers her life is being threatened by a tribe of paranormals led by a man named Rose the Hat.

It’s not known just yet whether the big screen take on Doctor Sleep will actually acknowledge any of the previous adaptations of The Shining, but be sure that we’ll bring you more on all of this as we get it.