A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader John Rainbird. Firestarter: Rekindled is a 2002 television miniseries and the sequel to the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel Firestarter. It stars Marguerite Moreau as now-grownup Charlie McGee Danny Nucci Dennis Hopper and Malcolm McDowell as Charlie's old nemesis from the original story John Rainbird. It debuted as a Sci Fi Pictures two-night miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel.