Edgar Wright's Running Man Remake: The Perfect Release Date
Edgar Wright's The Running Man remake could hit the perfect release date, but it's rapidly running out of time. The original Running Man movie was based on a Stephen King story, which was penned under his pseudonym Richard Bachman.
The Legacy of The Running Man
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The original Running Man movie, based on a Stephen King story, was released in 1987 and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, King declined to put his name on the adaptation as it bore little resemblance to the source material.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards and Yaphet Kotto as Laughlin in The Running Man
Despite not being considered one of Schwarzenegger's better action movies, The Running Man is a fun, campy action ride that predicted the rise of gaudy reality TV shows.
Arnold Schwarzenegger holding a mug and looking at a keyboard piano in The Running Man
The book, written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, tells a different, more despairing tale where the protagonist must evade hunters for a full month to save his family.
2025: The Perfect Release Year
Stephen King's book, set in 2025, was written at the height of his addictions and is a grim tale of a future where the world economy has crashed and America has fallen into ruin.
The original The Running Man is currently streaming on Paramount+ and MGM+. With 2025 rapidly approaching, Edgar Wright's upcoming remake would be a nice piece of synchronicity if it were released in the same year.
The Road to 2025: Will the Movie Be Ready?
Edgar Wright has been actively working on the Running Man remake since 2021, and producer Simon Kinberg has stated that the new version is coming along very well.
According to Kinberg, Wright's Running Man may be ready to start filming in 2024, making a 2025 release date a realistic possibility.
