On the original cover of Stephen King’s The Running Man, the premise is explained with two simple sentences: “Welcome to America in 2025, when the best men don’t run for president. They run for their lives.” Well, we’re in America in 2025 now, and Glen Powell, arguably one of our best men, isn’t on the campaign trail. Instead, he’s in Edgar Wright’s latest movie, The Running Man, running for his life. Life imitates art.
Even though The Running Man has already been adapted into a movie once (starring someone who coincidentally later ran for office), the trailer for this new version proves it’s going back to the source and showing 2025 the way King intended it. Check out the full trailer below:
