The New Firestarter Trailer Looks Like a Supervillain Origin Story

Step apart, Eleven from Stranger Things. There’s a brand new lady with powers so harmful the federal government would very very similar to to seize her and use her as a weapon. And actually, she was technically right here first: it’s Charlie from Stephen King’s traditional novel Firestarter, which has a brand new adaptation coming very quickly, and simply shared its first trailer at present.

The tone, as you’ll see, undoubtedly has some Stranger Things happening—little question each King’s 1980 novel and the 1984 Drew Barrymore movie had an affect on the retro-loving Netflix collection—in addition to films like Midnight Special and Brightburn. Wait, what? Yeah. Someone calls Charlie “a real-life superhero,” as you’ll be able to see for your self, although the trailer suggests “supervillain” could also be extra apt. (Really, are you able to blame her?)

Here’s the official synopsis, and sure that’s Zac Efron as Charlie’s father: “For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) 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; Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.”

The remainder of the solid contains Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley, and Gloria Reuben. While the 1984 movie had a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, this new take—directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil) and written by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills)—has music by one other digital film-score legend: John Carpenter, together with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. Firestarter arrives in theaters and can stream on Peacock beginning May 13.

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