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Paramount Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel The Running Man, and it looks like a lighthearted re-imagining of action films from the 1980s.
The story focuses on a man named Ben Richards, played by Glen Powell, who is a participant in a popular TV game show where he is chased by trained killers and earns more money the longer he stays alive.
The goal is to last a whole 30 days unscathed, which typically doesn’t happen. Oh, and basically every citizen is trying to catch him as well. The goal is to endure a full 30 days without any injuries, which is typically not the case. Basically, every citizen is attempting to catch him as well. Even though the premise is dark, the trailer has a fairly lighthearted tone, blending in with the death and destruction.
The book was also turned into the film in 1987, which was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which had a post-apocalyptic-meets-American Gladiators vibe.
Edgar Wright is best know for films like “Shaun of the Dead”, “Baby Driver”, and “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” — the films also stars Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Sean Hayes, and Colman Domingo.