Some critic had some harsh words for the movie calling it subpar. It is a good movie. Very clever kind of western. Atypical in some ways. Ambiguous morality. It's a little like True Grit, but a curious character personality you don't see in westerns.
It's Nicolas Cage's first western. He should do another.
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The armorer on the shoot was Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was blamed for a number of unsafe activities by the assistant director and Cage and was nearly thrown off the set. She was the armorer on Rust (which was shot after The Old Way in 2021) and is being investigated for the death of Halyna Hutchins and injury to Joel Souza on that set due to unsafe firearm handling.
After the second time in 3 days of Gutierrez-Reed testing a weapon near everyone else unexpectedly, Cage yelled -- "Make an announcement, you just blew my fucking eardrums out!" Then, he stormed off.
Stephen King’s novels and stories have proven to be so reliable to Hollywood that many of his titles have not only been made into movies, they’ve been remade, either for television or the big screen. His 1980 book Firestarter first hit cinemas in 1984 and starred a young Drew Barrymore as a girl with the power of pyrokinesis. Now, the film has been remade for both screens — it will debut simultaneously in theaters and on Peacock — with a new young star, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, in the Barrymore role and Zac Efron playing her father. When we spoke to them, they told us they were very excited to work on a film inspired by King’s writing.
Firestarter opens in theaters and starts streaming on Peacock this Friday.
Listen to “I’ll Find You,” the second single from Firestarter’s original motion picture soundtrack. It’s composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, & Daniel Davies (Halloween, Halloween Kills).
The score will be released digitally on May 13 - the same day the film hits theaters and Peacock - while vinyl is due out on October 14 via Sacred Bones Records. Several color variants are available to pre-order.
In case you missed it, the first single, “Firestarter End Titles,” is streaming here.