The Running Man (2025 film)

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The Running Man
Directed by Edgar Wright
Screenplay by
Based on The Running Man
by Stephen King [a]
Produced by
Starring
Edited by Paul Machliss
Production
companies
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

The Running Man is an upcoming dystopian thriller film produced and directed by Edgar Wright from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Bacall, based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman), marking the second adaptation of the book following the 1987 film. It stars Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, and William H. Macy.

Contents

The Running Man is scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on November 7, 2025.

Premise

Set in 2025, a game show called The Running Man has people chased by murderous Hunters across the world to win money. [1]

Cast

Production

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Director Edgar Wright

In 2017, Edgar Wright revealed on Twitter his wish to remake the 1987 film The Running Man , itself an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King. [12] [13] In February 2021, Paramount Pictures announced a film based on the novel was in development. Wright was attached to direct the film, having developed a story with Michael Bacall, who would be writing the screenplay. The new adaptation was not a remake of the original film but a "much more faithful" adaptation of the source material. Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon were announced as producers under Kinberg's Genre Films, alongside Nira Park of Wright's British production company Complete Fiction. [14] In April 2024, Glen Powell was cast in the lead role. [1] Other cast members were announced in October and December. [2] [11]

Principal photography began in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2024. [15] [16] It took place in London and for at least one week at Wembley Stadium for the shooting of an action sequence. [17] [18] Filming will conclude in March 2025. [18]

Release

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on November 7, 2025. [19] It was previously scheduled to be released on November 21, 2025. [20]

Notes

  1. Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman

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