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The Firestarter remake casts its lead role and reveals the first image of the new pyrokinetic scamp

Blumhouse Casts ‘Firestarter’ Young Lead With a remake announced at the end of 2019 that’s largely been quiet since then, the Universal Picture/Blumhouse version of  Firestarter revealed in the fall of 2019 some casting. The project was announced with Keith Thomas directing it based on the screenplay by Scott Teems and with Zac Efron as Andy McGee while Michael Greyeyes will play John Rainbird. Now, Deadline has updated with a first-look image that comes with the reveal of the young lead...

Blumhouse Reveals ‘Firestarter’ Film Production Start With a remake announced at the end of 2019 that’s largely been quiet since then, the Universal Picture/Blumhouse version of  Firestarter revealed in the fall of 2019 some casting. The project has Keith Thomas directing it based on the screenplay by Scott Teems and now it looks like Zac Efron has boarded the project as Andy McGee while Michael Greyeyes will play John Rainbird. We’re still lacking a lot more of the cast for the film. ...

Firestarter, which I guess we can confirm will be using at least some real fire instead of CGI fire. Good for them! This new take on Stephen King’s 1980 novel comes from director Keith Tomas ( The Vigil), with a script by Scott Teems ( Halloween Kills). In the film, “A young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.” That sounds like a faithful adaptation of King’s novel, which has the follow...

Firestarter centers on an organization called the Department of Scientific Intelligence, aka “The Shop.” Two participants in their mysterious research program end up getting married and having a child. Their offspring, Charlie McGee, inherited pyrokinetic powers from her parents, who were given a low-grade hallucinogen called “Lot Six” during their college years. Now the government is trying to apprehend the young Charlie in order to harness her powerful and unique skills as a weapon. T...

8 Upcoming Stephen King Adaptations to Get Excited About Share 8 Upcoming Stephen King Adaptations to Get Excited About Stephen King is no stranger to having his work adapted. Here are 8 upcoming adaptations based on various novels and short stories by the King of Horror. Get ready, Stephen King fans. Over the past few years, the influx in content being produced solely for streaming services has made it easier for authors and creators alike to see their work come to life - and no author has ev...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard While Stephen King has worked in a wide variety of mediums over the course of his stunning and storied career, what’s pretty remarkable is that he has spent shockingly little time in the world of comics. He has penned an adaptation of Creepshow (which was a film directly inspired by the EC Comics he loved growing up); contributed to a special Marvel comic in 1985 called “Heroes for Hope: Starring The X-Men” (which was made to raise awareness of hung...

Ambulance response times down     DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — The agreement between Medstar and Daphne to station an ambulance and crew in the city every day has been in effect for more than a month now. It came about after the city voiced its concerns about slow response times for its residents. Things are moving in the right direction for the citizens of Daphne. That’s according to Fire Chief, LeAnn Tacon. One of Tacon’s first challenges as Daphne’s new Chief was to address ambulan...

Firestarter Remake Team Receives Stephen Kings Burning Love Ahead of Filming Firestarter Remake Team Receives Stephen Kings Burning Love Ahead of Filming Firestarter author Stephen King sends his love as things get underway for the reboot. It, Firestarter, a film formerly led by Drew Barrymore in 1984. The plot of the Firestarter novel revolves around a family on the run from government forces as they use telekinetic and pyrokinetic abilities to escape from the ever present danger that surrou...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Its taken a few years to happen, but the gears are finally turning on the upcoming remake of Stephen Kings Firestarter. The project has been in the hands of Blumhouse since 2017, and while it has cycled through a few directors in that time, the movie is now getting set to start principal photography with filmmaker Keith Thomas at the helm and Zac Efron attached to star. It should be an exciting production that is forced to face and solve multiple challenges (like ...