Edgar Wright gives update on The Running Man, says the reboot will be faithful to Stephen King’s novel

Dec. 4, 2023

“I’ve often thought that that book is something crying out to be adapted”

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Edgar Wright’s reboot of The Running Man is still a go – and the filmmaker says it’ll be a faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s original novel.

“The Running Man is something that is in active development,” Wright told theHappy Sad Confused Podcast. “Why is that interesting to me? It’s like, I like the film but I like the book more, and they didn’t really adapt the book. Even as a teenager when I saw the Schwarzenegger film I was like, ‘Oh, this isn’t like the book at all!’ And I think, ‘Nobody’s done that book.'”

Continued Wright: “So when that came up, I was thinking, and Simon Kinberg says, ‘Do you have any interest in ‘The Running Man?’ I said, ‘You know what? I’ve often thought that that book is something crying out to be adapted.’ Now, that doesn’t mean that it’s easy! But it’s something that we are working on, yes. I’ll tell you that much.”

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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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