In December 2019, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ long-planned adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter found its director in Keith Thomas (The Vigil), and now, the director has teased the upcoming reboot. In an interview with Zavvi, Thomas teased what audiences can expect from the Firestarter reboot and confirmed that the screenplay was written by Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems. […]
Long Live the King: Underrated Stephen King Adaptations Worth Your Screams | Marvelous Videos
Marvelous Videos presents 10 underrated Stephen King adaptations…. It’s appropriate that author Stephen King has such a last name- he has been widely credited with both pioneering and expanding on the horror genre, significantly building on the contributions of such authors as Charles Brockden Brown and H.P. Lovecraft. King’s name is so iconic in the […]
Stephen King adaptation Firestarter finds a new director
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ long-planned adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter has found a new director, with Variety reporting that Keith Thomas (The Vigil) has signed on to helm the reboot. Based on the 1980 sci-fi-horror novel, Firestarter follows a father and daughter who are on the run from a secret government agency looking to […]
New adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter finds a director
It seems that not a week goes by lately without news of a new Stephen King project, and sure enough Variety is reporting that Fatih Akin (In the Fade) is set to direct a new adaptation of King’s classic novel Firestarter. Published in 1980, Firestarter follows Andy McGee and his young daughter Charlie, a nine-year […]
Akiva Goldsman to direct remake of Stephen King’s Firestarter
Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has announced that Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale, Stephanie) has signed on to direct new version of the 1980 Stephen King novel Firestarter, which has been scripted by Scott Teems (Rectify). Firestarter follows Andy McGee and his young daughter Charlie, a nine-year old girl who has inherited pyrokinetic abilities from her […]