Fear the Walking Dead star joins Zac Efron’s Firestarter reboot – Digital Spy

Stephen King's Firestarter has announced that Fear the Walking Dead star Sydney Lemmon has joined the cast of the reboot.

She is set to play the wife of The Greatest Showman star Zac Efron and both are parents to a daughter with a dangerous ability in the movie, Deadline reports.

Firestarter, based on the 1980 King novel of the same name, follows an eight-year-old girl, Charlie McGee (American Horror Story's Ryan Kiera Armstrong), who develops pyrokinetic abilities with the power to set objects alight with just one glance.

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Once the government gets wind of her abilities, she is taken, controlled and her abilities used as a weapon.

The novel was previously adapted into a film in 1984, where Charlie was played by a young Drew Barrymore though there was a lot of support for her getting the role of Charlie's mum in the reboot.

Related: Stephen King's Firestarter reboot: Cast, release date, plot, spoilers, soundtrack and everything you need to know

Lincoln star Gloria Reuben and Fear the Walking Dead's Michael Greyeyes are also both set to star in the reboot.

This new version has been in the works since 2017, with The Vigil's Keith Thomas directing, Halloween Kills' Scott Teems writing, Blumhouse's Jason Blum and frequent collaborator Akiva Goldsman executive producing.

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