"Josh Brolin, Lee Pace and the rest of a star-studded cast go back to the future sort of in The Running Man, director Edgar Wright's Easter Egg-stuffed gift to cinemaniacs that's set in the near future and constructed around a deadly reality game that Stephen King envisioned in a 1982 novel of the same name. And if it all sounds familiar, the novel was previously adapted for the big screen and became a popular 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action/sci-fi flick. Wright's R-rated visual feast opens Nov. 14 in area theaters."
"Brolin said he also appreciates sci-fi because it challenges the imagination and invites reflection. It's a great way to remind you to live in the present as much as you can, he said. And it's a great way to remind you to be kind because it's ruinous if you're not. This is what could happen if you're not careful."
Edgar Wright directs an R-rated, Easter-egg-filled near-future remake of Stephen King’s 1982 novel The Running Man, opening Nov. 14. The film centers on a deadly reality game set in a dystopian near future. The ensemble cast includes Josh Brolin as TV producer Dan Killian, Lee Pace as Hunter Evan McCone, Glen Powell as contestant Ben Richards, Colman Domingo as the game’s cheeky host, plus William H. Macy, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, and Daniel Ezra. The project reimagines the 1987 Schwarzenegger adaptation for 2025, using speculative fiction and visual spectacle to challenge the imagination and underscore consequences of cruelty.
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