The cast of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s cult novel “The Running Man” is taking shape. Now there is also an actor who brings director Edgar Wright together again with the star of perhaps his craziest film.
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Of the many Stephen King film adaptations that await us in the near future, the anticipation for hardly any is as great as “The Running Man”, a more faithful new adaptation of the dystopian novel “Man Hunt”, which King wrote in 1982 Published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. On the one hand, this is because the loose first film adaptation with Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1987 enjoys a certain cult status, but is by no means one of the best King films.
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On the other hand, the well-known participants also make the project particularly exciting. The production is directed by none other than cult director Edgar Wright (“Shaun Of The Dead”, “Baby Driver”). The main role is played by “Where the Lie Falls” and “Top Gun: Maverick” shooting star Glen Powell, who is following in Arnie’s big footsteps. But the rest of the cast is also increasingly interested in the sci-fi thriller.
After Marvel villains Josh Brolin and Lee Pace as well as “Love Lies Bleeding” bodybuilder Katy O’Brien recently joined the cast, there are now two more new additions: How The Hollywood Reporter reported, become Michael Cera and Emilia Jones also be in “The Running Man”. – and in the first case that makes for a very special reunion…
“Scott Pilgrim”-Reunion
Emilia Jones is best known from the Oscar winner “CODA” and the Netflix fantasy series “Locke & Key”. Michael Cera, who had a wonderful guest appearance in “Barbie” last year as Normalo Allan, is otherwise primarily known for his roles as insecure but usually kind-hearted teenagers or young adults. As such, he was in “Superbad” and “Juno”, but not least in the crazy cult comic adaptation „Scott Pilgrim vs. the World“ in which he, as the title character, takes on the devilish ex-lovers of his true love.
Amanda Matlovich / Netflix / Universal Pictures Emilia Jones and Michael Cera are on board for “The Running Man”.
And that same film from 2010 was also directed by Edgar Wright, so that the director and his former star are now working together again 15 years later. “Running Man” is scheduled to start filming at the beginning of 2025, and the German cinema release is planned for November 20th of the same year.
Michael Cera and Emilia Jones play these roles in “Running Man”
“The Running Man” presents a dark vision of the future in which a totalitarian regime uses brutal game shows to entertain the masses. Michael Cera is here Hollywood Reporter According to him, he plays a naive rebel who supports the main character Ben Richards, played by Glen Powell. Ben is a desperate family man who takes part in the popular show “The Running Man” to raise money for the treatment of his sick daughter. In the show, the candidates are hunted by a gang of killers. The longer someone survives, the more money he or she wins.
Meanwhile, Emilia Jones will portray a privileged woman who turns a blind eye to government oppression. Katy O’Brien takes on the role of another female player, while Josh Brolin and Lee Pace play the main villains, Brolin as the unscrupulous producer of the game show at the center, Pace as the leader of the hit squad that hunts down the players.
While we still have to wait a bit until the release of “The Running Man,” the next remake of a groundbreaking Stephen King novel will be in theaters next week. Below we have the trailer for “Salem’ Lot – Salem has to burn” for you:
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