#edgar-wright

#edgar-wright

On this week's show, Julia, Dana, Steve are off to the dystopian races with Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man. Based on a novel by Stephen King and starring movie-star-to-be Glenn Powell, the film is chockfull of adrenaline and stylish wit but does it overcome its own authoritarian bleakness? They discuss with Slate's own Sam Adams. Next, they take a look at the oft-forgotten presidency and assassination of James A. Garfield in the Netflix limited series Death By Lightning, starring Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen,

When we started developing an interview video series based on Cinematrix, there was one guest we knew we needed for launch. You may know Edgar Wright as the esteemed director behind such films as Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Baby Driver, and The Running Man, which is out today. We here at Cinematrix HQ know him as a longtime power player and occasional good-natured emailer - and now, as our first guest on Cinematrix Live, tackling a grid featuring repeat collaborators Michael Cera and Simon Pegg. Here's the premiere episode; be sure to follow us on YouTube and Instagram for future editions.

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.