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Total Film
Total Film
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Lauren Milici

Stephen King remake The Running Man gets star-studded first trailer, and the dystopian thriller looks like Squid Game meets John Wick

Glen Powell in The Running Man trailer.

The first trailer for Stephen King's The Running Man has arrived – and it looks like what you would get if you threw John Wick, Bullet Train, and Squid Game in a blender.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, we get our first look at Glen Powell as Ben Richards, an unemployed man short on cash and struggling to support his family in a "medical crisis." With no other choice, Ben becomes a contestant in a twisted dystopian sci-fi show called The Running Man, in the hopes of winning a grand prize. "It's the biggest show in the country," says Josh Brolin's character, but there's a catch.

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