Michele Cera is getting together with Scott Pellegrino director Edgar Wright for his adaptation of Stephen King’S The running man. Tail star Emilia Jones he also joined the film.
They join the previous cast Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Katy O’BrianAND Lee Pace. Cera will take on the role of “a naive rebel who tries to help the desperate man.”
Jones will play “a privileged woman who is blind to government oppression, unlike Powell’s Richards.”
Brolin will play a ruthless game show producer,” O’Brian will play one of the contestants, and Pace will play the brutal head hunter who tracks down Powell’s character.
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.”
The running man will be released in theaters on November 21, 2025.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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