From the producers of The Invisible Man and adapted from Stephen King’s classic thriller, Firestarter is heading our way soon and with it comes a brand new poster (above, which looks to be inspired by the poster for the 1984 film adaptation starring Drew Barrymore) and trailer here.
Firestarter follows, parents Andy (Zac Efron, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon, Fear the Walking Dead) who have been on the run for more than a decade, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong, American Horror Story: Double Feature) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction.
Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative (Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls) is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.
The film also stars Kurtwood Smith (Amityville: The Awakening), John Beasley (The Purge: Anarchy) and Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot).
Alongside the impressive cast comes a slew of impressive filmmakers, being directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil), from a screenplay by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills) based on the novel by Stephen King. It is produced by Jason Blum (Halloween) for Blumhouse and Oscar® winner Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend) for Weed Road Pictures. Furthermore, 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.
Firestarter is in cinemas soon
