Stephen King’s Firestarter trailer has Zac Efron as a pyrokinetic’s dad

In an era where virtually every familiar entertainment property is getting rebooted, remade, or spun off into some new form, it’s no particular surprise to see familiar titles cropping up on the release schedule again. We’re also in an era where we’re seeing a new Stephen King-derived movie, TV series, miniseries, or other project announced nearly every month — he’s been a prolific writer for nearly 60 years, he’s built a huge library of work for people to adapt, and he remains one of the most recognizable names in American literature.

These two factors are combined to create the 2022 movie. Firestarter, based on King’s 1980 novel, and putting a new face on the 1984 movie adaptation starring Drew Barrymore and David Keith. Oddly enough, the first trailer for the new version of the story isn’t set to a melancholy, slow-burn trailercore cover of The Prodigy’s “Firestarter” or Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” but it does suggest a new tone and treatment for the book.

Andy and Victoria volunteer to take part in government-sponsored pharmaceutical trials while still at college. Although the drugs provided them with minor mental abilities, their daughter Charlie turns out to have a strong pyrokinetic ability. They want to keep her under control, and test her for weapons. The family is on the run. Ryan Kiera Armstrong is the protagonist of 2022’s version. American Horror Story: Double Feature, Black WidowPlease see the following: IT Chapter 2) as 11-year-old Charlie — seemingly a more bloodthirsty and self-possessed version of Charlie than in either the book or the previous movie. And the film’s first trailer also suggests a different focus, built more around Andy and Vicki’s relationship, Charlie’s slow discovery of her powers, and a war out in the open, rather than the book and previous movie’s focus on Charlie in captivity.

FirestarterOn May 13, the film will also be available in theatres and online at Peacock