Firestarter , The Stephen King Masterpiece has a new face
Firestarter is an adaptation Stephen King novel about a little girl with Pyrokinesis. Pyrokinesis is the ability to emit, control flames and burn things by thinking alone. If you are a fan of Stranger Things you are for a treat, because both Firestarter and Carrie are inspirations. For instance, you can see shades of them with Eleven. Carrie White who is telekinetic has similarities with Charlie. The only difference is Charlie has the support system of a loving family but things will change when her powers manifest. She and her father will be on the run. Her anger can destroy a whole city and burn it to cinders so the government will see her as a weapon.
Charlie doesn’t have the maturity and responsibility of having powers so she can be a horrifying threat.
It is a joint project of Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions which is known for making horror films. It is based on a horror novel so it is fitting but the original film is more action than horror. Blumhouse believes on this project that they hired John Carpenter
This is also a remake of the film that was made Drew Barrymore a star because of her performance. It was not a box office success but it became a rental cult hit.
The Role of Charlie has a new face. She will not be played by child actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Her mother will be played by Sydney Lemmon. For the first time in his career, Zac Efron will be playing a father role as he will be Charlie’s dad.
Firestarter Trailer
Charlie and her dad will have to run away from a secret government organization called ” The shop” as they have ulterior motives to control her powers. They see her as a real-life superhero or a weapon that can destroy any opposing country. Her father just wants her to be a normal kid and protect her at all costs.
FireStarter is now Available on the streaming Platform Peacock.
Paisely
February 16, 2022 @ 12:38 am
I watched the original and it did not aged well because there is no CGI back in the 80s but it is a great film. I do think a remake is good for this one because the latest technology can give justice to the Stephen King Novel. Drew didn’t work for me because she was too cute to be intimidating. The New Girl is more scary.
Master
April 16, 2022 @ 10:27 pm
I didn’t know it was streaming already. Nice to see that Zac has finally graduated to big man role. 😎 If you’re the parent of this child it will become the norm to be living on the run. Every other person wants to use her so your one and only job is to protect her at all cost.
ReginaKetchum
April 19, 2022 @ 8:13 am
The Dad is selfish, The government wanted to turn the girl into a Superhero but he is too protective.