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‘Firestarter’ screenwriter on making a very intimate (but fiery) Stephen King adaptation
'Firestarter' screenwriter on making a very intimate (but fiery) Stephen King adaptation,The threat of being burned alive is, of course, scary. But, of course, that’s not enough for Stephen King. His 1980 book Firestarter — adapted into a 1984 film and again in a new movie out in theaters and on Peacock next week — is about a young girl who has pyrokinetic powers.

‘Firestarter’ screenwriter on making a very intimate (but fiery) Stephen King adaptation

The threat of being burned alive is, of course, scary. But, of course, that’s not enough for Stephen King. His 1980 book Firestarter — adapted into a 1984 film and again in a new movie out in theaters and on Peacock next week — is about a young girl who has pyrokinetic powers.