Edgar Wright Will Direct a New Version of Stephen King’s THE RUNNING MAN for Paramount
Edgar Wright will helm a new version of Stephen King's THE RUNNING MAN for Paramount!
By
Josh Millican
Shaun of the Dead) will be helming a new adaptation of
The Running Man for Paramount.
The Running Man was previously released as a feature film in 1987; that version was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Check out the trailer and synopsis for 1987’s
Running Man below.
Synopsis:
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is “The Running Man” — a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.