Firestarter Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Never Play With Fire.

Dec. 4, 2022

Firestarter

Release Date: Friday, May 13, 2022 Nationwide Friday, May 13, 2022 Peacock

Zac Efron, J.D. Lifshitz, Gregory Lessans, Jason Blum, Michael Greyeyes, Ryan Turek, Lorenzo De Maio, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Raphael Margules, Scott Teems, Martha De Laurentiis, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley, Sydney Lemmon, Keith Thomas

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

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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?

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.

Cited as official plot version

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Firestarter.

Zac Efron
... Andy McGee

Baywatch, Ricky Stanicky
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Michael Greyeyes
... Rainbird

The King Tide, Togo
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Ryan Kiera Armstrong
... Charlie

The Old Way, The Tomorrow War
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Sydney Lemmon
... Vicky McGee

The Mothership
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Gloria Reuben
My Dead Friend Zoe, Reasonable Doubt
K
Kurtwood Smith
Dead Poets Society, Turbo
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

Studios: Universal Pictures
Production Company: Blumhouse Productions; Dino De Laurentiis Company; ROOM 101 Former; Universal Pictures

Additional Information

MPA Rating: R Restricted for violent content
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Never Play With Fire.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Firestarter movie trailers and clips.

Horror

Firestarter Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Firestarter movie production.

Key Facts

Based on the original Stephen King book.

Production Updates

Feb 2022

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Feb 2022

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Jun 2021

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Oct 2020

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Jul 2018

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Dec 2010

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Firestarter was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 13, 2022. There were 17 other movies released on the same date, including Love in Kilnerry, Pleasure and On the Count of Three.

Movie Theaters

2022-05-13 Nationwide

United States

United States

Estimated

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