A new adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter has been cooking since it was first announced at The Overlook Film Festival back in 2017, and now it's heating up once again with the reveal of a new director for the film.
Variety reports that Keith Thomas will helm the new Firestarter movie for Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Productions. Variety also reveals that Blumhouse has picked up the domestic distribution rights to Thomas' feature-length debut, The Vigil, which has been well-received on the festival circuit.
Thomas is the latest director for the film, with Fatih Akin (In the Fade) reported as the movie's previous director back in 2018 following the announcement in 2017 that Akiva Goldsman was developing the film.
Thomas will direct the new Firestarter movie from a script by Scott Teems (co-writer of Blumhouse's upcoming Halloween Kills). The screenplay will be based on the 1980 Stephen King...
Variety reports that Keith Thomas will helm the new Firestarter movie for Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Productions. Variety also reveals that Blumhouse has picked up the domestic distribution rights to Thomas' feature-length debut, The Vigil, which has been well-received on the festival circuit.
Thomas is the latest director for the film, with Fatih Akin (In the Fade) reported as the movie's previous director back in 2018 following the announcement in 2017 that Akiva Goldsman was developing the film.
Thomas will direct the new Firestarter movie from a script by Scott Teems (co-writer of Blumhouse's upcoming Halloween Kills). The screenplay will be based on the 1980 Stephen King...
- 12/17/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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