In anticipation, our weekly Stephen King podcast, The Losers’ Club, gathered around the mic this afternoon for a complete breakdown of the fiery trailer. Firestarter reunites Goldsman and Blum, who have previously collaborated on the Paranormal Activity franchise. The late Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 adaptation of Firestarter starring a young Drew Barrymore, executive produces the brand new movie. Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. The new movie hails from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions and Weed Road Productions. The film also stars Kurtwood Smith ( Amityville: The Awakening, Hitchcock) and John Beasley ( The Purge: Anarchy, The Sum of All Fears).įirestarter has been adapted by writer Scott Teems ( Halloween Kills, Rectify). Efron is playing the father of main character Charlie. Zac Efron ( Extremely Wicked), Michael Greyeyes ( Blood Quantum), and Gloria Reuben ( Lincoln, “Mr. Firestarter: A Novel Kindle Edition by Stephen King (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4,644 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Ryan Kiera Armstrong ( IT Chapter Two, “American Horror Story”) is playing Charlie in the new Stephen King remake, and Sydney Lemmon will be playing Charlie’s mother. If lost in the woods, like a Jack London character craving light and heat, all the author could do to. In Firestarter, “A young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.” By Anthony Breznican Stephen King can’t tell you how to actually start a fire. Oh and by the way, the Firestarter score is composed by the legendary John Carpenter ( Halloween, Christine, The Fog) and his fellow Halloween franchise composers Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. This is especially cool considering Carpenter was originally going to direct the 1980s version of Firestarter, but ultimately departed the project! A remake of Stephen King‘s Firestarter is on the way from Universal, Blumhouse and director Keith Thomas ( The Vigil), and today brings the trailer for the latest King adaptation.Īdditionally, we’ve learned the Firestarter remake is coming to theaters and Peacock on May 13, 2022! Check out your first look at the brand new Stephen King movie below.

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