Glen Powell tears through a grim, dystopian America, dodging assassins and a blood-hungry audience in Edgar Wright’s pulse-pounding spin on Stephen King’s The Running Man. This isn’t a rehash of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger shoot-’em-up—it’s a raw, gripping take on King’s 1982 novel, written as Richard Bachman, that hits closer to the book’s dark heart.
Powell plays Ben Richards, a broke dad banned from work and desperate enough to sign up for The Running Man, a twisted reality show where contestants bet their lives for a billion-dollar jackpot. Unlike the ‘87 film that boxed Schwarzenegger into a game arena, this one sets Powell loose across the entire country, hunted by elite killers while a nation glues itself to his every step. Paramount’s synopsis lays it bare: “As ratings soar, so does the danger, with Ben outsmarting not just the Hunters but a society hooked on his downfall.”
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Wright, the genius behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, brings his razor-sharp style, co-writing the script with Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). They dive deep into King’s vision, which creepily foresaw reality TV’s chokehold. “Even as a kid, I watched the Schwarzenegger movie and thought, ‘This ain’t the book!’” Wright told Yahoo News.
The cast is a knockout, cranking up the film’s pull. Josh Brolin’s Dan Killian is the cutthroat producer roping Richards in, while Colman Domingo lights up the screen as the wild, magnetic host, stealing scenes in CinemaCon clips. Michael Cera, in a bold switch-up, sparks as an unlikely partner to Powell—Wright called their duo “a total blast to watch.” Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, and Sean Hayes flesh out this dystopian chaos. Filming, wrapped in March 2025 after starting in the UK in November 2024, hit up Wembley Stadium for action scenes that promise a massive, heart-racing scope.
Paramount’s betting big on The Running Man, pegging it for November 7, 2025, though some chatter points to November 21 for U.S. theaters, hinting at a possible staggered drop.
