The Remake of Stephen King's FIRESTARTER Finds a Director

Universal Pictures is moving forward with their remake of Stephen King's classic story Firestarter as they just hired a director. This is one of the few Stephen King books that I never read, but I did see the 1984 Drew Barrymore film, which wasn't the best adaptation of a King novel, but it was still good. It's not hard to believe that a remake could end up being a better adaptation, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Variety is reporting that Fatih Akin will direct the film that is being produced by Akiva Goldsman and Blumhouse Productions. I'm not really that familiar with the film work of Akin but some of his movies include In The Fade, The Cut, and a bunch of other films. Scott Teems (Rectify) will adapt the script.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the story, it follows a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.

After Stephen King's IT blew up at the box office, every freakin' studio who owned the rights to a King novel seemed to fast track it into pre-production. 

Even though I'm not familiar with the director, I still hope this Firestarter film turns out to be good! Otherwise, what's the point of remaking it? Did you like the original film and are you excited for this new adaptation?