CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Stephen King is such a prolific author that not only have many of his stories been adapted into movies and/or TV shows, but quite a few of them have been adapted for such media more than once. For instance, his novel Firestarter to simply copy what its cinematic predecessor did. Akiva Goldsman is one of the producers attached to the new version of Firestarter, and heâs no stranger to Stephen King-related projects, having previously produced 2017âs The Dark Tower. Along with discussing his work on the Star Trek shows Strange New Worlds, Goldsman also briefly talked about