Stephen King Sends Some Love To Zac Efron And Company As The Firestarter Remake Preps To Start Filming

First published in 1980, Firestarter tells the story of Andy and Charlie McGee, a father and daughter who are forced to go on the run from a government agency known as The Shop. Both of them possess remarkable psychic gifts, as he is able to mentally “push” people to do his bidding by changing their perception, and she has pyrokinesis (hence the title of the book). Both fearing the potential of their powers, and also wanting to harness them, the shot-callers at The Shop make the decision to call in a psychopathic gun-for-hire named John Rainbird who, unbeknownst to them, has his own intentions for the girl. The novel was previously adapted by director Mark L. Lester in 1986, with Drew Barrymore as Charlie, David Keith as Andy, and George C. Scott as Rainbird.

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