Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Remake Gets Update, Production Window From Glen Powell

Edgar Wright’s remake of The Running Man will begin filming this fall.

In April 2024, it was revealed that Wright is directing a remake of Stephen King’s The Running Man. Glen Powell is attached to star in the movie, while Michael Bacall wrote the script.

Powell has now confirmed to IndieWire that he’ll begin filming The Running Man remake this coming fall.

What did Glen Powell say about The Running Man remake?

When asked how he got involved with the movie, Powell said, “It was so fun for me because I searched ‘Edgar Wright’ in my email the other day, writing ‘Edgar.’ We’ve been going back and forth on script stuff, and it’s so fun. The world that Edgar’s developed on this thing is just outrageous. It’s so good. And really, we’re just both such big fans of the Stephen King book, and it’s going to be a great character. I’m so fired up about it. But I searched my email, and I searched Edgar Wright in my email, and it came up: I had a wish list of directors that I wanted to work with in 2008 when I moved out to LA that I sent my agent at the time — and Edgar Wright is literally number one. I’m such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.”

He added, “I made a bit of an 11th-hour plea to [Wright] on the job. To just let him know, anybody that’s ever worked with me knows, you’re never going to outbeat my work ethic on stuff. But sometimes it’s just a good reminder for a filmmaker to know, hey, when we get in the trenches, I’m going to serve it up. I’m going to deliver. And I’m going to deliver for you because not only do I take this job seriously, but I’m also just a fan, and you don’t want to disappoint your heroes … Edgar has also become a friend in the last few years. So that’s been really fun for us to finally get in the trenches together.

Written by King (originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), The Running Man came out in 1982. It was turned into a feature film in 1987 that was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A release date for The Running Man remake has not yet been announced by Paramount Pictures.