The name Stephen King remains a guarantee of scary entertainment. Precisely because this is so, it is almost a bit surprising that the horror experts at Blumhouse Productions (Halloween Kills, Happy Deathday) have not approached him frequently. After all, their only joint project is the horror thriller Mercy with Chandler Riggs The Walking Dead, now a full seven years ago. Apparently, Blumhouse wants to join Warner Bros. (IS, Doctor Sleep) und Paramount Pictures (Pet Sematary) unlock and announce The fire devil (in the original: Firestarter) the next potentially irreversiblestanding and disturbing Stephen King event film. Starring: Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman, Baywatch) as a father trying to rescue and rescue his supernaturally gifted daughter from a literally precarious situation. On the way to the start of production, the project now has one another new addition collected. Michael Greyeyes from HBO’s Crimehit True Detective plays Rainbird, a role originally reserved for George C. Scott with Drew Barrymoore.
On the run with his daughter: Zac Efron. © Warner Bros.
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He is a “powerful man who has been forced into a violent life by external circumstances”. That makes him, so to speak, the mortal enemy of the fugitive father-daughter team. Because when Captain Hollister, the head of the institute behind Charlie’s superhuman talent, gets wind of her abilities, he puts the brutal, hardened agent Rainbird (Michael Greyeyes) on the duo. He is supposed to gain Charlie’s trust and force her to make further attempts. The explosive consequences of this will probably have to be found out next year. In all probability, the film will be shot this spring.
The first Firestarter-The 1984 film version brought Drew Barrymore, then a tender eight years old, her first major film role after Steven Spielberg’s all-time classic ET – the alien and was particularly popular in the home theater and video market.
In the story, the 2002 mini-series filmed for television Fire Devil – The Return was continued, the 6-year-old Charlie (Barrymore) has a terrible gift: She can trigger a flaming inferno with sheer power of thought. And this power continues to grow. Charlie’s explosive ability doesn’t go undetected for long. Obscure agents and unscrupulous professional killers kill and kidnap her mother. Charlie’s father (David Keith) manages to free his daughter, because he too has special powers. But the pursuers chase them and are hot on their heels.
Blumhouse is on fire for Firestarter. © Universal Pictures
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