Universal and De Laurentiis Co. are currently working on rebooting Stephen King's Firestarter and turning it into a potential franchise. Apparently,the new Firestarter has been in the works prior to the passing of Dino De Laurentiis, along with a number of other projects including a remake of Maximum Overdrive. Here's what they had to say about the upcoming Firestarter reboot:
"We see this as a unique, character-driven thriller with a supernatural edge, based on a timeless concept and enhanced by recent visual effects advances," Martha De Laurentiis said.
Deal for "Firestarter" extends the longstanding relationship between U and De Laurentiis Co. The reboot was among the last projects the prolific Dino De Laurentiis worked on before his death in November at age 91.
"'Firestarter' has a great mythology and with Martha and Lorenzo's vision we believe the franchise can be extended in a new and exciting direction," said Debbie Liebling, U's prexy of production. "
Although the script is currently being written and no director has been selected, they hope to go into production on this film sometime in 2011.