Universal Remaking Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter;’ ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Remake Also Percolating
Posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Poll a hundred people about their top five movies based on Stephen King novels and I doubt Firestarter, the 1984 film featuring Drew Barrymore in her first post-E.T. film appearance, would even crack the top 90%. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a great many people now have never seen the film.
So, the fact that Universal and the Dino De Laurentiis Company want to remake the movie should be seen as, if not good news, at least a fairly benign report. Read More »
