Zac Efron’s Firestarter Remake Showed Stephen King Its Script And Got Great News

First published in 1980, Firestarter was originally adapted by director Mark L. Lester in 1984, and while the movie is an extremely faithful translation of the book that features an outstanding cast (including Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Art Carney, and Louise Fletcher), it doesn’t quite pack the punch and energy that it should. Blumhouse has been developing the remake since 2017, but it has really been in the last year that the film has found traction and made huge leaps forward.