Charlie McGee thought she had reduced The Shop to a pile of ashes when she was a little girl, but it turns out the organization that exploits humans with superhuman powers survived the flames. The 2002 TV movie Firestarter 2: Rekindled attempted to continue the story of Stephen King's 1980 novel Firestarter and its 1984 original feature adaptation of the same name. Now TNT is taking a turn at continuing the Firestarter storyline with the announcement of a new TV series called The Shop, which will serve as a sequel to King's novel and focus on an adult Charlie.

As reported by TVLine, this sequel series was recently announced as part of TNT's new lineup of thriller shows. The Shop will begin twenty years down the road from where Firestarter left off. Charlie will be all grown up. Also alive and well is the organization that terrorized Charlie and her dad in her younger days. The Shop, well-known to readers as the sinister employer of hitman John Rainbird in the novel and films, is still very much open for business:

"Titled The Shop, this supernatural thriller centers on the titular organization that once exploited the pyrokinetic abilities of a young girl named Charlie McGee. Twenty years after bringing The Shop to its knees, Charlie has been tracked down by one of its former members, Henry Talbot, who reveals that The Shop is alive and badder than ever, unleashing terrifying new entities into the world. It’s now up to Talbot, Charlie and others like her to find The Shop and destroy it for good."

We'll keep Daily Dead readers posted on further casting news and release details as this story develops.

Source: TVLine
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