The Running Man is one of Stephen King’s most beloved novels an now Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall are promising a more faithful adaptation to King’s work with the new 2025 film starring Glen Powell. And King had a say in the film. Sort of.
During New York Comic Con’s panel for The Running Man, Powell talked about the process of getting cast as Ben Richards, a man running for his life on a game show. Ben volunteers himself for the show called “The Running Man” to try to make money for his sick daughter and he’s forced to run away from hunters to get them the money they need for medicine.
