Michael Cera is ready to reunite with Edgar Wright on The Running Man, with Emilia Jones additionally becoming a member of the forged.
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man might be slightly Scott Pilgrim reunion, as THR studies that Michael Cera is ready to look within the new adaptation. Emilia Jones, greatest identified for Locke & Key and CODA, has additionally joined the forged.
Glen Powell (Twisters) stars in The Running Man as a “desperate man, needing money for his sick daughter, who joins the most popular show, The Running Man, in which teams of killers hunt down contestants. The longer that a contestant survives, the more money that person makes. But as the game show’s producers and killers will find out, this desperate man will break all the rules and expose the show’s dark secrets.” Cera will play a “naïve rebel who tries to help the desperate man,” whereas Jones will play a “privileged lady blind to the oppression of the federal government reverse Powell’s Richards.“
Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame) can also be set to star because the ruthless producer behind the violent actuality present, alongside Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) as one of many contestants and Lee Pace (Foundation) because the brutal chief hunter monitoring down Powell’s character. Daniel Ezra (All American) may even seem.
Edgar Wright is directing The Running Man from a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacall. It’s primarily based on Stephen King’s novel of the identical identify, which was revealed in 1982 below the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Wright has beforehand stated that The Running Man remake might be closer to the original Stephen King novel than the Arnold Schwarzenegger film. “I like the film but I like the book more, and they didn’t really adapt the book,” Wright stated. “Even as a youngster once I noticed the Schwarzenegger movie I used to be like, ‘Oh, this isn’t just like the e-book in any respect!’ And I feel, ‘Nobody’s [done] that e-book.’ So when that got here up, I used to be considering, and Simon Kinberg says, ‘Do you have any interest in The Running Man?’ I stated, ‘You know what? I’ve typically thought that that e-book is one thing crying out to be tailored.’ Now, that doesn’t imply that it’s simple!“
Michael Cera not too long ago reprised his function of Barry in Sausage Party: Foodtopia, which Prime Video has renewed for a second season. Emilia Jones not too long ago starred in Winner, a darkly comedic biopic primarily based on the true story of Reality Winner, the whistleblower who leaked labeled paperwork confirming Russian interference in American elections.
The Running Man will hit theaters on November 21, 2025.
