According to the Edition of Deadline, Zac Efron received a role in the upcoming restart of fantastic horror "generating fire" based on the novel of Stephen King. Picture production will be engaged in the Universal, Blumhouse and Weed Road Productions. The director will perform Keith Thomas ("Vigil"), while the script will write Scott Tims ("Halloween kills", "mistakes of the past"). The functions of the executive producers will take on Jason Bloom, the owner of Oscar Akiv Goldsman, as well as Marta de Laurentis.
The "generating fire" tells about the eight-year-old girl named Charlie McGee, which owns Pyricessez, that is, the ability to ignite the surrounding items alone by the power of will. This unique gift is drawn to the attention of American intelligence agencies who kidnap Charlie to use it as a weapon.
Roman King was published in 1980, and already four years later, the first film was published on the screens, the main role in which the little Drew Barrymore was performed. At a budget of $ 15 million, the film collected in global boxes a little over $ 17 million. The date of the premiere of the new adaptation will be announced later.