THE RUNNING MAN by Edgar Wright and Glen Powell will have a release date; Katy O’Brian is officially in the cast

Director Edgar Wright AND Glen Powellthe adaptation of Stephen King’S The running man will be released by Paramount Pictures on November 21, 2025.

This has also been confirmed Katy O’Brian (The Mandalorian, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Love Lies Bleeding) joined the cast.

Paramount also announced new release dates for some of its other 2025 projects. The new horror film Viciouswhat stars Dakota Fanning has been moved from August 8th to February 28th.

The animated The Smurfs moviewhich sees Rihanna as Smurfette, has been moved from February 14 to July 18. The restart of the studio Naked gunled by Liam Neeson, has been moved from July 18 to August 1.

The running man is a dystopian story set in a future society where the government controls everything, the story follows Ben Richards, a desperate and impoverished man who participates in a deadly game called “The Running Man” to win money for his family.

The game involves Richards being hunted by professional killers as he tries to evade capture for a month. As he navigates a decaying and dangerous cityscape, Richards becomes a symbol of resistance against the oppressive government.

Powell had previously spoken about the project, saying: “I’ve been a fan of Edgar Wright my whole life. And talking to him about Running Manwhat was really incredible was his take on it. It’s not quite the original Schwarzenegger film, it’s much more rooted in the Stephen King version (novel).

“As much as I like the original 1987 film, it’s very different from the story King wrote, so I’m actually very excited that Wright’s film will be much closer to the source material.”

Wright had previously spoken about his vision for the film and how he wants it to be a true adaptation of the book, saying: “I think even nowadays it’s like in terms of similar, you know, I think when remakes are done well it’s if there is anything else to add or if there is a different vision of the thing.

He continued: “So I think the problem sometimes is recently that the remakes are just kind of facsimiles of the original movie and I don’t get too excited about a lot of them because they feel like kind of karaoke versions of the originals.”

Wright added: “Obviously in the 70s and 80s there were some where they were additive like That of Philip Kauffmann Invasion of the Body Snatchers OR By John Carpenter The thing OR David Cronenberg’s The Moscow; it’s taking something and doing something interesting with it.’“

He goes on to talk specifically about his vision, saying, “In terms of similar things that I’ve done, as you know, The running man which is something that is under active development. Why is this interesting to me? I like the movie, but I like the book more and they didn’t really adapt it.

He said: “Even as a teenager, when I saw the Schwarzenegger movie, I thought, ‘Oh, this isn’t like the book at all,’ and I don’t think anyone has adapted that book.

“So when this came up I was thinking you know and Simon Kinberg said ‘Are you interested in? The running man?’ I said, “You know, what I often thought that book was something like crying out to be adapted.” That doesn’t mean it’s easy, but like it’s something we’re working on, yeah, I’ll say that.”