Who is the new Firestarter?

At just 12-years-old, Ryan Kiera Armstrong will be playing the lead of Charlie McGee. Armstrong had a part in the last season of American Horror Story, but Firestarter will be one of her biggest roles yet. She also had small parts in It: Chapter Two and Black Widow.
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Is Drew Barrymore going to be in the new Firestarter?

Though emotional, Drew certainly approves

Ryan Kiera Armstrong is the actress who will take on the main character role of the eleven-year-old that catches on fire in the reboot of Firestarter, starring alongside Zac Efron as her dad.
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Who is in the remake of Firestarter?

Zac Efron stars as the father of a girl, Charlie, who is learning to control her powers. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.
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Is the new Firestarter the same as the original?

Everything The Firestarter Remake Changed From The Stephen King Book. Firestarter keeps the same premise as the Stephen King novel from which it is adapted but much of the plot is changed in the Zac Efron led film.
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Is Firestarter 2022 a remake?

2022's Firestarter, a remake of the 1984 film of the same name starring Drew Barrymore, stars Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong. The film, adapted from the novel by Stephen King, opened only a week after Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Is Firestarter a sequel to Carrie?

Stephen King's 6th published novel, titled Firestarter, was published on September 29th 1980. Though King feared it was too similar to Carrie, he pushed through the writing process and produced somewhat of a sister story to his first success.
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Is Firestarter 2022 Stephen King?

Firestarter is a 2022 American science fiction thriller film directed by Keith Thomas, from a screenplay by Scott Teems, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King and serving as a remake of the 1984 film adaptation.
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Does Stephen King like the new Firestarter?

Stephen King Reveals Why He Prefers Firestarter Remake Over Original. Author Stephen King discussed reasons for why he thinks the Firestarter remake is better than the first film. A new adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter is playing simultaneously in theaters and on Peacock.
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Is there more than one Firestarter movie?

The new Firestarter is available to watch in theaters and on Peacock. Watch the trailers for both films below.
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Did Stephen King write a sequel to Firestarter?

Obviously, Stephen King didn't write a sequel. So all that would need to be explored, but I feel like we created a world in this, and some characters that I feel like their stories could definitely expand, expand and go on.”
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Who is playing Charlie in New Firestarter?

In the 2022 Firestarter, Charlie is played by 12-year-old Canadian actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
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Is Firestarter based on Carrie?

The book Firestarter is very similar to the Netflix series Stranger Things. It is confirmed in the book Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down that The Duffer Brothers took inspiration from Firestarter, along with the books Carrie, The Dead Zone, The Body, The Shining and It.
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What did Drew Barrymore say in Firestarter?

Drew once said: "My mom had seen this book at the grocery store with a picture of a little girl on it and she said, 'Gee, this looks kinda like you'. She said it was okay if I bought it, and so I did. When I read it, I came into the kitchen where my mom was making dinner and said: 'I'm the Firestarter.
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Is there a new Firestarter coming out?

Universal Pictures is distributing the Firestarter film in the US theatres on Friday, May 13th, 2022.
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Is Firestarter faithful to the book?

Directed by Mark L. Lester (replacing John Carpenter early in development), with a screenplay by Stanley Mann, the '84 Firestarter is actually very faithful to the book in terms of narrative and incident.
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Is the Institute a sequel?

“The Institute” is King's newest novel, out Tuesday, 11 days before his 72nd birthday and during a month that's also seen the release of “IT: Chapter Two,” the sequel to the 2017 blockbuster film.
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What is the next Stephen King movie?

In 2018, Stephen King added to the large canon of stories set in the mysterious town of Castle Rock, Maine, and three years later that story – titled Elevation – is, as of February 2021, in the works to be come a movie thanks to the efforts of writer/director Jack Bender – whose previous credits include Mr.
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Was Drew Barrymore in the original Firestarter movie?

Drew Barrymore won the part, and was around eight years old when she played it. Drew Barrymore had to be filmed on a soundstage for certain scenes (including the climactic barn fire) which were shot at night because the production could not have her work all night long.
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Who was the little girl in Firestarter?

Firestarter is a horror film, based on Stephen King's book with the same name. It starres Drew Barrymore as Charlie McGee, a little girl with the ability to start fires with her mind, and George C. Scott, as John Rainbird, the ruthless government agent looking to capture her. A sequel was made in 2002.
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Who plays the dad in Firestarter 2022?

Andrew "Andy" McGee, who is Charlie's father, will be portrayed by The Greatest Showman star Zac Efron. One of the most important characters in the movie, Andy McGee, holds a weak kind of telepathic power that enables him to convince other individuals to do things.
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How many versions of the movie Firestarter are there?

Firestarter: Two-Movie Collection.
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What does the ending of Firestarter mean?

In Firestarter's ending, Charlie finally exacts her revenge on The Shop, the government agency that has torn her life apart. Thanks to the telepathic link they share, Andy, who has been taken into custody by The Shop, gives Charlie mental flashes of where he's being held–or so she thinks.
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Why did Rainbird want Charlie?

He plans to kill Charlie, because he is convinced her death would give him special power, which he wants to take to the other world.
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