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The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is making a deal with Edgar Wright to develop to direct a new adaptation of The Running Man, the futuristic novel by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. This won’t be a remake of the 1987 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Baby Driver writer/director will co-write the story with Michael Bacall, and they will be much more faithful to King’s bestselling novel. Bacall will write the script. Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon will produce through his Genre Films banner, alongside Nira Park from Wright’s Complete Fiction banner. Kinberg brought the idea to Emma Watts, based on their long relationship, and then Kinberg courted Wright. While the filmmaker is very selective, the prospect of a new The Running Man is one that has intrigued him; to the point that when asked if he could remake any film, he would choose that one. This was back in 2017. Now it has become real. This becomes a top priority pic for Paramount, and a novel, which King published as a paperback back in 1982, a dystopian thriller that still feels prescient in the current collision between pop culture and politics, this before social media ratcheted up the stakes. |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
As fun as the original is, I would love to see a version more faithful to the book (basically he's out in the world running around).
I would also love to see a true-to-the-book version of "The Long Walk" too. |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
wow. this could be something. as long as he doesn't cast Simon Pegg in the Schwarzenegger role.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Pegg in the Schwarzenegger role would be silly. It'll obviously be Nick Frost.
I'm on board with anything Wright. |
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i can see it now...Nick Frost running for his life from all these baddies with a twinkie in one hand and various guns in the other...
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Cool! I really like both the book and the movie, though for very different reasons. None of the books in the collection are really that 'blockbustery', so the Schwarzenegger take was quite a surprise.
I need to revisit The Bachman Books. The Long Walk would be a cool, slow burn movie. As would Roadwork. Don't need to see Rage :( |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by OldBoy
(Post 13894017)
wow. this could be something. as long as he doesn't cast Simon Pegg in the Schwarzenegger role.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
With Wright directing, it will be worth a watch no matter who is cast.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by tonyc3742
(Post 13894026)
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The Long Walk would be a cool, slow burn movie. |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by TomOpus
(Post 13894102)
SUPER slow-burn. I would like to see someone try to make an interesting movie out of it.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...8vredal-2.html |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by dex14
(Post 13894103)
It's in the works:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...8vredal-2.html |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by Troy Stiffler
(Post 13894308)
Another King adaptation that's been in development for fifteen years. And another one to have Darabont drop from. I've been fooled enough times to not get excited.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
The book was excellent so I'd love to see this.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
I’ll see anything Edgar Wright does. I’m really excited for this. I’m a fan of the book and the Arnold movie.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by rexinnih
(Post 13894087)
With Wright directing, it will be worth a watch no matter who is cast.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Glen Powell to star:
https://deadline.com/2024/04/glen-po...nt-1235881989/ |
re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
As needless as this is...I like that Glen is the star and now instantly became an I am on board guy.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
I'd be very interested in a book-faithful version. Although if my memory of the ending is correct then that will likely be changed.
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If they are going for book accuracy, Glen Powell seems miscast. Not as bad as Schwarzenegger relative to the character in the book, but miscast nonetheless.
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The Running Man is up there among my favorite King stories (I lost count how many times I've read it since I was a teen), so fingers crossed that they do a good job on this.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 13894349)
There seems to be three types of Stephen King movies. The first is The 80s and early 90s that play like low budget cheese fests (Christine, Maximum Overdrive, etc.) Number 2 is the “Darabont age” when King movies started to be taken seriously (Shawshank, Green Mile, The Mist).
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by Crocker Jarmen
(Post 14412629)
Not that cut and dry, there were plenty of excellent "serious" King adaptations in the 80s and early 90s, The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone ('83), Stand By me ('86), Misery ('90). And of all the cheesy ones from the 80s, Christine is so far from the worst I wouldn't even put it in that category.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Originally Posted by cultshock
(Post 14412639)
Yep on all of those! And holy cow, Stephen King, David Cronenberg, Christopher Walken involved in a film together? Yes please! (and much of the film shot in our very own Niagara Peninsula :) ).
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Yeah, I remember it being big news locally when part of it was being filmed at Niagara-on-the-Lake. I think we went to see the gazebo at one point not long after the film came out.
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re: The Running Man (2025, D: Edgar Wright) S: Powell, Brolin
Glen Powell looks to have found his adversary in the reimagining of The Running Man at Paramount Pictures. Josh Brolin is in final negotiations to land the villain role in the pic being directed by Edgar Wright and based on the novel by Stephen King that the author published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The film, which also has cast Karl Glusman, Katy O’Brian and Daniel Ezra, has a November 21, 2025 release date. Wright is also co-writing the script with Michael Bacall, and will produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg. George Linder will executive produce. |
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