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Firestarter

Firestarter

Never play with fire.

20225.51h 34m

Overview

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

Directed by Keith Thomas
Written by Scott Teems, Stephen King
Produced by Akiva Goldsman, Jason Blum
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $15.0M

Top Cast

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Charlie McGee

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Andy McGee

Sydney Lemmon

Sydney Lemmon

Vicky Tomlinson-McGee

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

Dr. Joseph Wanless

Michael Greyeyes

Michael Greyeyes

John Rainbird

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

Captain Jane Hollister

John Beasley

John Beasley

Irv Manders

Tina Jung

Tina Jung

Ms. Gardner

Hannan Younis

Hannan Younis

Darla Gurney

Gavin MacIver-Wright

Gavin MacIver-Wright

Gavin

Themes & Keywords

firebased on novel or booktelepathycoming of agesecret government organizationpsychic powerpsychicfemale magiciansupernatural powerpsychic forcelightheartedpyrokinesis

About Firestarter

Firestarter is a horror, science fiction, thriller film released in 2022 exploring themes of fire, based on novel or book, telepathy, coming of age, secret government organization, psychic power. Directed by Keith Thomas, it stars Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon. For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

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