Glen Powell Reveals How Stephen King Ultimately Approved Him For The Running Man Remake

It’s nary casual feat to get fearfulness maestro Stephen King to o.k. a casting prime for a movie based connected 1 of his works — oregon is it? According to Glen Powell, who stars successful the upcoming adaptation of The Running Man, it mightiness beryllium easy, but it’s agonizing nonetheless.

“[Director] Edgar [Wright} offered maine this movie, and I was like, ‘Yes,’” the histrion revealed astatine New York Comic Con recently. “And then, like, aboriginal that nighttime [Edgar says], 'By the way, like, you person to beryllium approved by Stephen King. He's gonna ticker Hit Man tonight.'"

Needless to say, that conception would flare up anyone’s anxiety. "And truthful I had to hold overnight for Stephen King to ticker Hit Man and anticipation that I inactive had the relation successful the morning,” Powell explained. “It's terrible." However, contempt the strength of the moment, helium was yet approved by King to play the relation of Ben Richards, the cardinal quality of the fearfulness writer’s beloved 1982 caller connected which the movie is based — and King reportedly “loved” Hit Man, conscionable FYI.

The caller was primitively published nether Richard Bachman and follows Richards arsenic helium ends up portion of a nationalized crippled amusement successful a adjacent dystopian aboriginal successful which contestants are hunted for 1 period by trained killers each implicit the nation. The contention affords whoever stays live the full period $1 billion.

Wright directs from a screenplay penned by himself and Michael Bacall. The movie has a star-studded formed alongside Powell, including Colman Domingo, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Josh Brolin, Daniel Ezra, and Jayme Lawson.

This is the 2nd adaptation of the story, with the archetypal coming conscionable 5 years aft the publication was published. The 1987 movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger successful the relation of Ben Richards.

The Running Man volition sprint into theaters connected November 14, 2025. Stephen King, meanwhile, precocious revealed his apical 10 favourite movies, portion keeping adaptations of his ain works retired of the mix.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.