Rob London is a writer at Collider who focuses on horror, science fiction, and obscure and classic movies. He has written for Marvel Comics.
The Big Picture Glen Powell, one of Hollywood's most in-demand leading men, has just landed the starring role in The Running Man. Edgar Wright will direct, write, and produce the long-gestating film of the Stephen King novel. Deadline reports that Powell will play Ben Richards, a man who enters a deadly dystopian game show to win enough money to save his dying daughter. The role was previously played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in a loose 1987 adaptation of the book.
It has been a steady climb for Powell. Starting out with small roles in The Dark Knight Rises, The Expendables 3, and Sex Ed, he landed a lead role on the first season of the teen horror series Scream Queens. He followed that up with showier roles in Everybody Wants Some!, Hidden Figures , and Set It Up. His role as cavalier pilot Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick made him a star, and he has since gone on to star in the sleeper hit rom-com Anyone But You and the Korean War film Devotion.
What is 'The Running Man'? Close Originally published in 1982 under King's Richard Bachman pseudonym, The Running Man takes place in the crumbling America of the then-distant year 2025. Ben Richards' daughter is dying, and his wife is turning to prostitution, so he signs up for The Running Man, a game show in which he must evade a squad of assassins known as the Stalkers; the longer he stays alive, the more money he makes.
The Running Man is one of a number of King adaptations currently in the works. The much-delayed Salem's Lot remake is finally coming to Max, while Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck is set to be released on Netflix later this year. The Running Man is in pre-production; no release date has yet been set. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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