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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 for it with Ryan Kiera Armstrong getting the role of Charlie. Originally played by Drew Barrymore, ...

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. That said, production is underway as Blumhouse tweeted out earlier today some of the first footage f...

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 following synopsis: Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra c...

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. The remake will see Zac Efron portraying the role of Andy McGee, a character previously portrayed by ...