Another Stephen King adaptation is finally moving forward as The Running Man has cast its first star.
During the Paramount Pictures CinemaCon panel, of which Screen Rant was in attendance, the studio announced that Glen Powell will be the leading star of the new Running Man adaptation. The second screen iteration of the Stephen King novel is being co-written and directed by Edgar Wright alongside 21 Jump Street‘s Michael Bacall. At the time of writing, no filming start date has been confirmed for the movie.
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The Running Man
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser, The Running Man is a sci-fi action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Ben Richards, a former cop who’s forced to compete in a deadly game show where criminals fight for their lives. The 1987 movie is based on a Stephen King novel under his pen name Richard Bachman.
- Director
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Paul Michael Glaser
- Release Date
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November 13, 1987
- Writers
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Steven E. de Souza
- Cast
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Maria Conchita Alonso
, Yaphet Kotto
, Jesse Ventura
, Arnold Schwarzenegger
, Richard Dawson - Runtime
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101 minutes
- Budget
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$27 million
