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As of right now, there are a lot of Stephen King adaptations that are currently in the works â both for the big screen and small â but few are as exciting as the developing remake of the 1980 novel
Firestarter. The film is set to be produced by Blumhouse and directed by up-and-comer Keith Thomas, and it was reported this past summer that Zac Efron has signed on to play the role of Andy McGee â a young man who has to go on the run with his pyrokinetic daughter while being pursued by a government agency known as The Shop. Now, fans are just waiting for the project to progress further and start adding more names to the cast, but while we exhibit some patience, I figured that Iâd have a bit of fun speculating about actors who would be great fits for the key roles.
UpdatedSun, Jan 17, 2021 at 8:53 am CT
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By Tom Siebert
I could have driven last month from my home in Illinois, where the theaters are closed due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis, to see News of the World in adjacent Indiana, where they are open.
But no movie is literally to die for. This one, however, comes pretty close.
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Following a pandemic-limited theater release on Dec. 25, this late Christmas gift opened today on several streaming services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Vudu where I watched it for a pricey-but-well-worth-it $13.99. News of the World is an epic, broad shoulder of a film bulging with wisdom, gravitas, and goodness.
What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend
Including Tom Hanks in News Of The World, Regina King s One Night In Miami and buzzy Sundance hit Promising Young Woman By Norman Wilner and Kevin Ritchie
Jan 15, 2021
NOW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of January 15. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
News Of The World
(Paul Greengrass)
Set five years after the Civil War, Greengrass’s prestige-minded Western stars Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kidd, a former Confederate officer who wanders America as a sort of travelling town crier, performing theatrical readings of newspaper stories. Things grow more complicated when Kidd decides to return preteen Johanna (Helena Zengel), a German immigrant raised among the Kiowa people since infancy, to the family she’s never known. Stately in its pacing, and just cynical enough about America to pass for contemporary commentary, News Of The World plays just fine when it zooms in o