The Running Man | Edgar Wright updates on new film
Edgar Wright has been chatting about his upcoming The Running Man movie, and whether it’s more Stephen King than Schwarzenegger.
Ever since Last Night In Soho director Edgar Wright announced that his next film would be an adaptation of The Running Man, speculation has been rife that it will be markedly different from the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name. Full of entertaining action, it ramped up the camp while also leaning into the pomp and bombast of American game shows.
The Paul Michael Glaser-directed dystopian action flick sidelined some of Stephen King’s source novel’s themes of alienation and media-induced hatred, or at least refined them significantly into something more digestible for a 1980s popcorn-munching audience. So instead, we got Arnie in a Lycra Adidas jumpsuit and appearances from pro-wrestlers.
Many have speculated that Wright’s film will instead follow King’s novel more closely...
Ever since Last Night In Soho director Edgar Wright announced that his next film would be an adaptation of The Running Man, speculation has been rife that it will be markedly different from the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name. Full of entertaining action, it ramped up the camp while also leaning into the pomp and bombast of American game shows.
The Paul Michael Glaser-directed dystopian action flick sidelined some of Stephen King’s source novel’s themes of alienation and media-induced hatred, or at least refined them significantly into something more digestible for a 1980s popcorn-munching audience. So instead, we got Arnie in a Lycra Adidas jumpsuit and appearances from pro-wrestlers.
Many have speculated that Wright’s film will instead follow King’s novel more closely...
- 3/11/2025
- by Dan Cooper
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