From Universal, Blumhouse and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil), a brand new big screen take on Stephen King‘s Firestarter is on the way, and the official MPA rating has arrived.
Much like the 1984 adaptation, the new movie is rated “R” for “violent content.”
Here’s what we know about the new movie so far…
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.”
Ryan Kiera Armstrong (IT Chapter Two, “American Horror Story”) is playing Charlie in the new Stephen King adaptation, and Sydney Lemmon will be playing Charlie’s mother.
Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked), Michael Greyeyes (Blood Quantum), and Gloria Reuben (Lincoln, “Mr. Robot”) also star. Efron is playing the father of main character Charlie.
Firestarter has been adapted by writer Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, Rectify).
The film hails from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions and Weed Road Productions.
Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. 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. Firestarter reunites Goldsman and Blum, who have previously collaborated on the Paranormal Activity franchise.
Watch the trailer for the 1980s adaptation below.