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Fatih Akin To Direct Firestarter

Posted: June 29, 2018, 11:08
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fatih Akin will direct the remake of Firestarter.

Fatih Akin — the German director behind last year's Golden Globe winner In the Fade — will direct Firestarter for Universal and Blumhouse.

The 1980 Stephen King book will be adapted by Scott Teems andJason Blum and Akiva Goldsman will produce, with Martha de Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 movie, set to executive produce.