Sydney Lemmon Joins Cast of ‘Firestarter’, Blumhouse’s Reboot of Stephen King Classic

It’s been announced that Sydney Lemmon will play the mother of Charlie, the lead character of Blumhouse’s feature reboot of the Stephen King 1980 novel Firestarter. Blumhouse is collaborating with Universal and Weed Road Pictures and Lemmon will also be the wife of Zac Efron’s character in the film. 

Firestarter centers on a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is later abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her gift as a weapon. As Deadline reports, actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong will play Charlie. She has also been featured in American Horror Story and The Tomorrow War.

The movie directed by Keith Thomas also stars Gloria Reuben and Michael Greyeyes. Scott Teams adapted the latest version.

Lemmon recently starred as Ana Helstrom in the Marvel/Hulu series, Helstrom. She previously guest-starred in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Succession and AMC’s Fear of the Walking Dead, where she received Saturn Award Nomination. She was also seen in Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw, an official selection of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Her next independent feature will be in Plain Fiction.

On stage, Lemmon made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman. She has also been in numerous theatrical productions like Rancho Mirage, Animal Farm, and Romeo and Juliet.

Stay tuned for more on Sydney Lemmon and Firestarter.

Abby Masucol: I'm a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign double majoring in English with a concentration in Media Cultures and Creative Writing. I strongly advocate for women's voices in the media and I am constantly pushing for more Asian-American representation onscreen. I'm a proud member of the Filipino-American community and participate in numerous cultural and social activities in my college's Filipino organization. I also enjoy watching movies with my parents, journaling about life and the world, and skating with my friends on campus.
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