Firestarter Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) 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 (Michael Greyeyes) is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Firestarter.

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  Zac Efron

  ... Andy McGee

  Baywatch, The Greatest Showman

• M
  Michael Greyeyes

  ... Rainbird

  The King Tide, Togo

• R
  Ryan Kiera Armstrong

  ... Charlie

  The Tomorrow War, The Old Way

• S
  Sydney Lemmon

  ... Vicky McGee

  The Mothership

• G
  Gloria Reuben

  My Dead Friend Zoe, Reasonable Doubt

• K
  Kurtwood Smith

  Turbo, Dead Poets Society

• J
  John Beasley

  It Snows all the Time

Crew Behind the Film

The Firestarter behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Keith Thomas last directed The Vigil. The film's writer Scott Teems last wrote Insidious: The Red Door and Halloween Kills.

Director

Keith Thomas

Screenwriter

Scott Teems

Producers

Jason Blum
Lorenzo De Maio

Production Details

What we know about the Firestarter movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on the original Stephen King book.

Production Updates for Firestarter

Feb 2022

Completed

Changed Firestarter movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2022

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jun 2021

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Oct 2020

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jul 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Dec 2010

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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