“Twisters” star Glen Powell has another franchise on his hands as a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” recently got the green light at Paramount Pictures and will start production in November, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Baby Driver” filmmaker Edgar Wright is attached to direct and co-write the story with his “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” collaborator Michael Bacall. Bacall wrote the script.
“The Running Man” is King’s futuristic sci-fi thriller set in a dystopian, 2025 America. The story in the novel centers on Ben Richards, a desperate man who participates in violent reality show “The Running Man” in order to win enough money to revive his gravely ill daughter.