And in order to get that right, we had to figure out… where does this story go after this Firestarter?” So it’s clear that there’s a lot of suggestion here what Rainbird’s up to and capable of. “What’s interesting is… without giving away any spoilers… in the sequence of Rainbird’s apartment… there’s a drawing board that’s set up where he’s got all these sketches that he’s drawn," Thomas said. "If you were to freeze frame on that drawing board, you would see the rest of the film. Speaking to Bloody Disgusting's Boo Crew podcast, Thomas confirmed some version of that psychic skill, and even revealed an Easter egg that points to it in the film. He's a hired hunter they use to bring people in, but he also has some kind of latent psychic abilities of his own, and he seems to sense something about what Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) is capable of, even before she does, that precognitively suggests the film's fiery ending. Thomas' film, with a script by Scott Teems, makes several key changes to this relationship, and it starts with making Rainbird (Michael Greyeyes) himself a kind of graduate of The Shop. By the end of the novel, she's killed him in the process of burning The Shop down, and sets out on her own to tell her story to the world. The bond they create, driven by Rainbird's own creepy obsession with the girl, is complex and interesting, but despite the connection they make, Charlie ultimately learns Rainbird's true killer nature. Rainbird is tasked not just with capturing Charlie, but with luring her powers out for the higher-ups at The Shop to see and study, which he does in part by disguising himself as a janitor at the facility and winning her trust. In both King's original novel and the original film adaptation in 1984, John Rainbird and the pyrokinetic young girl Charlie McGee have a complicated relationship. So, is Firestarter 2 possible? Thomas thinks so, and he left clues embedded in the film to suggest it. Though the film shares plenty of structural and character DNA with King's original novel, this Firestarter also took several key liberties with the story, including opening the door for a sequel in ways that the original book didn't. Over the weekend, moviegoers in theaters and viewers at home watching Peacock got a fresh taste of Stephen King's Firestarter, thanks to a new adaptation helmed by director Keith Thomas (The Vigil).
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