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'The Running Man': Emilia Jones & Michael Cera Join Glen Powell In Edgar Wright's Sci-Fi Action Remake
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‘The Running Man’: Emilia Jones & Michael Cera Join Glen Powell In Edgar Wright’s Sci-Fi Action Remake

Filming on Edgar Wright‘s book-accurate take on “The Running Man” is expected to begin in London early next year, and the British filmmaker is rounding out his cast for the Stephen King adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, new actors have joined the action sci-fi pic, as both Emilia Jones (“Locke & Key,” “CODA”) and Michael Cera (“Barbie”) nabbed key parts. This bit of casting makes for a “Scott Pilgrim” reunion, given that Wright and Cera previously worked on that comic book flick and the revival anime series “Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off” on Netflix.

Other recent additions to the remake’s call-sheet include Josh Brolin (“Deadpool 2,” “Sicario,” “Avengers: Endgame”), Lee Pace (“Foundation,” “The Hobbit” trilogy, “Guardians of The Galaxy”), Katy O’Brien (“The Mandalorian,” “Love Lies Bleeding,” ‘Ant-Man 3″), and Jayme Lawson (“The Batman,” “How To Blow Up A Pipeline”).

This new film is expected to see Ben Richards (Powell), a desperate father looking to care for his sickly daughter, and in that desperation, becomes a contestant on a deadly game show in the hopes of earning money to pay for the daughter’s care/recovery from an illness. The previous incarnation saw Richards, a police officer, framed for a massacre he didn’t commit and escape a high-tech prison only to wind up on the game show after being captured at an airport.

Of course, the original film was praised and remembered for its satirical tone, which is expected to carry over given Wright’s comedic career, even if not all the plot elements and characters will.

Jones is expected to play a role not too dissimilar to the Amber Mendez part that was portrayed by actress María Conchita Alonso in the original movie that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. In that film, the character works for the network and is kidnapped by Richards only to eventually help him, in turn, she ends up a forced contestant herself.

While Cera is expected to play a rebel, possibly taking cues from Marvin J. McIntyre’s tech-savvy role of Weiss.

“The Running Man” will be released by Paramount Pictures on November 21, 2025. Earlier that month, we’ll see the return of the “Predator” franchise to the big screen with “Predator: Badlands” coming out on November 7.

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Lee Pace Will Hunt Glen Powell In Edgar Wright's 'The Running Man' Remake
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Lee Pace To Hunt Glen Powell In Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’ Remake

Actor Lee Pace (“Foundation”) is the latest addition to the cast of Edgar Wright‘s remake of “The Running Man, the sci-fi action film based on the Stephen King novel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pace is expected to be playing the chief hunter on the game show. Referred to as Stalkers in the original film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, they are antagonists who go around killing contestants known as runners.

He joins Glen Powell and Josh Brolin on the call-sheet.

Also, actress Katy O’Brian (“Star Wars,” “Love Lives Bleeding”) has joined the fray and will play a fellow contestant alongside Ben Richards (Powell).

Pace is no stranger to blockbuster genre film projects, having worked on “The Hobbit” trilogy, “Guardians of The Galaxy,” and “Captain Marvel.”

Filming is set to begin next year in London, and we can add that Wright is reuniting with longtime production designer Marcus Rowland. Paramount Pictures has given the sci-fi remake a release date of November 21, 2025, and I’m sure we’ll learn of more high-profile additions to the cast in the coming weeks.

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

'The Running Man': Josh Brolin Playing Villaneous Game Show Puppetmaster In Edgar Wright's Sci-Fi Remake
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‘The Running Man’: Josh Brolin Playing Villainous Game Show Puppetmaster In Edgar Wright’s Sci-Fi Remake

During a New York Comic-Con Panel hosted by Collider, actor Josh Brolin revealed he’s joined the cast of Edgar Wright‘s “The Running Man.” The film is based on the Stephen King novel that was previously adapted into the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led sci-fi thriller from 1987 and focused on a man wrongfully convicted of a massacre. Forced to compete in a to-the-death game show, where average men have to face down veteran “slayers” who were outfitted with various deadly weapons and colorful costumes.

Trade reports are claiming that Brolin will be playing a villain in the film, potentially the architect or host of the game show. Making him the main antagonist of this new incarnation.

Glen Powell (“Top Gun: Maverick”) had been previously announced as the new Ben Richards, taking up the role from Schwarzenegger, and the new film is said to be closer to the original novel. The King novel differs a bit from the feature film as Richards willingly volunteers to compete on the show to afford medicine for his sickly daughter and aims to potentially sacrifice himself in order to help her.

Brolin isn’t a stranger to genre projects, having played Thanos in multiple MCU movies, a baddie in Robert Rodriguez’s zombie flick “Planet Terror,” Cable in “Deadpool 2,” and has a supporting role in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” trilogy.

Wright’s remake is set to be released on November 21, 2025, by Paramount Pictures.

SOURCE: COLLIDER

'The Running Man': Paramount & Edgar Wright Remake Casts Glen Powell In Lead Role
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‘The Running Man’: Paramount & Director Edgar Wright Tap Glen Powell To Star In Sci-Fi Action Remake

Another interesting bit of news coming out of the Paramount Pictures panel today at CinemaCon 2024 is that Edgar Wright‘s remake of the sci-fi actioner “The Running Man” has tapped rising star Glen Powell (“Top Gun: Maverick”) to play the lead role of Ben Richards that previously was portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1980s feature adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

The remake from Wright is said to be closer to the original novel that saw Richards being lured into participating in the deadly game show known as The Running Man to get money to help his sickly daughter get medicine/medical care. Elements from the King novel that were sort of pushed aside to make Schwarzenegger’s involvement a little more believable in an action-focused incarnation.

Powell was most recently seen in “Anyone But You” opposite Sydney Sweeney; there have been rumblings online that Wright could end up directing her in Sony’s feature remake of the classic French comic book film “Barbarella,” which starred Jane Fonda in the 1960s.

Wright, of course, is best known for his Cornetto Trilogy (“Shaun of The Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” “The World’s End”) alongside things like “Baby Driver” and the thriller “Last Night In Soho.”

SOURCE: PARAMOUNT PICTURES VIA CINEMACON 2024

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‘Top Gun 3’ In The Works At Paramount With Director Joseph Kosinski Reportedly Returning

In the wake of the news that Tom Cruise had secured a new non-exclusive deal with Warner Bros. to help develop, produce, and star in new films at the studios, it looks like more work might be done at Paramount Pictures. Puck News first reported that Paramount has hired “Top Gun: Maverick” co-writer Ehren Kruger to write “Top Gun 3” with The Hollywood Reporter adding that director Joseph Kosinski is also expected to be returning to direct the third installment in the franchise focused on Navy combat pilots.

The 2022 sequel took decades to come together and became the first billion-dollar hit for Tom Cruise by earning an impressive $1.5 billion at the global box office. Apparently, the aim here is to reunite Cruise with actors Miles Teller (Rooster) and Glen Powell (Hangman) in a new sequel.

In the most recent film, Maverick (Tom Cruise) who is now a test pilot is reluctantly forced by U.S. military brass to train a group of highly skilled pilots at the Top Gun school for an upcoming suicide mission in a fabricated country. Instead of letting the team fail, he insists on joining them despite being extremely long-in-the-tooth and about to be shown the door by the Navy after decades of disobedience.

Cruise is currently working alongside Christopher McQuarrie (Who contributed to the “Maverick” script) to finish up “Mission: Impossible 8.” That spy flick could be the action star’s final outing with that franchise for the foreseeable future. He’s also been putting together a reunion with Doug Liman (“Edge of Tomorrow”) for a space project at Universal Pictures that is expected to film sequences at the International Space Station, which is expected to be the next feature film he shoots once “MI8” is completed. We’re still awaiting official word on the status of “Edge of Tomorrow 2,” which has been in various development stages going back at least four years with Liman attached to direct, but there had been multiple scheduling conflicts due to Cruise’s commitments at Paramount.

We’ll see how long this development process will take since Cruise has a busy schedule that has now been increased by this new Warner Bros. deal that will add on projects that likely haven’t even been announced.

SOURCE: PUCK NEWS & THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER