We have a new cast update about Paramount’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel “The Running Man!” Katy O’Brian (“Love Lies Bleeding”) will be co-starring alongside Glen Powell (“Twisters”). Edgar Wright (“Last Night in Soho”) is directing from a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacall (“22 Jump Street”).
“The Running Man”
King’s novel, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was previously adapted into a 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It takes place in the United States under a brutal totalitarian regime, in the distant year of 2025. Where society has begun to use violent game shows to appease the disenfranchised masses.
The audience follows one man’s plight, desperate to get enough money for his daughter’s surgery. So he joins one of the most popular shows, The Running Man, where teams of killers will hunt him down. The longer he stays alive, the more money he makes. However, the hunters and the show’s crew soon realize he will break every rule to expose the show’s dark secrets.
As it stands, Powell will play our desperate protagonist. O’Brian will portray one of the contestants on the show.
Wright will also be producing alongside Simon Kinberg, and Nira Park.
“The Running Man” is slated to hit theaters on November 21st, 2025.
