![[News] Blumhouse’s FIRESTARTER Begins Production Today in Canada](https://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/61hEjrY9JJL.jpg)
Walking into the first day of production like…. #firestarter @jason_blum @ZacEfron @AkivaGoldsman @StephenKing @MichaelGreyeyes pic.twitter.com/bOtUWd4k56
— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) May 25, 2021
Blumhouse announced today via social media, that the company’s film FIRESTARTER, from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse and Weed Road Productions will begin production today in Canada.
Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman) and Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls, True Detective) have been announced as being cast in the film.
Keith Thomas (The Vigil) will direct FIRESTARTER that is being adapted by writer Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, Rectify), who will also executive produce.
Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 adaptation of Firestarter starring a young Drew Barrymore, will executive produce.
A young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.
Stephen King is a bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like “Carrie,” “The Shining,” and “IT.” His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and have been adapted into numerous blockbuster films and television properties.
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