{"id":198953,"date":"2021-02-22T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/edgar-wright-running-man-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:46:26","slug":"edgar-wright-directing-a-new-movie-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-the-running-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/edgar-wright-directing-a-new-movie-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-the-running-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wright Directing A New Movie Adaptation Of Stephen King’s The Running Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edgar Wright, best known for directing all three entries in the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy<\/em>, has signed on to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s 1982 dystopian novel The Running Man<\/strong><\/em>. Wright is currently reworking the story with his Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/em> co-writer Michael Bacall<\/a>, who will then flesh it out into a full script.<\/p>\n

Originally published under King\u2019s sci-fi pseudonym Richard Bachman, The Running Man<\/em> was previously adapted in 1987 by director Paul Michael Glaser with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role. Back in 2017, when Wright was asked which movie he\u2019d like to remake, he named The Running Man<\/em>. Now, that dream is becoming a reality. The Hot Fuzz<\/em> director\u2019s new version of King\u2019s story will reportedly incorporate elements of both the original novel and the Schwarzenegger movie. X-Men: Dark Phoenix<\/em> director Simon Kinberg<\/a> is attached to produce Wright\u2019s remake through his production company Genre Films.<\/p>\n

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In both versions of the story, The Running Man<\/em> is a game show in 2025 (or the late 2010s in the movie) in which contestants are mercilessly pursued by deadly hunters. If they can last 30 days in the game, they\u2019re rewarded with $1 billion. In the original novel, Ben Richards takes part in the game to pay his daughter\u2019s medical bills. In the movie, he\u2019s a criminal who takes part in the game in exchange for a state pardon. Reality TV was relatively new when The Running Man<\/em> first hit shelves \u2013 and when its first movie adaptation hit theaters, for that matter \u2013 so it\u2019s about time the story was reimagined for the age of Kardashian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wright has signed on to a bunch of different projects throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He\u2019s set to helm an adaptation of Simon Stephenson\u2019s Set My Heart to Five<\/em> from a screenplay penned by the author himself, an adaptation of Adrian McKinty\u2019s The Chain<\/em> from a screenplay by Kick-Ass<\/em>\u2019 Jane Goldman, and a sequel to Baby Driver<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019s also formed a new production company called Complete Fiction with collaborators Joe Cornish, Nira Park, and Rachel Prior, which is currently working on several projects for Netflix.<\/p>\n

King\u2019s original novel had a much more satirical bent than the Schwarzenegger movie. Hopefully, with Wright\u2019s background in comedy<\/a>, he can do a better job of translating the book\u2019s satire to the screen. As reality television has become more and more prevalent and humanity\u2019s capacity for violence continues to astound people, the themes of The Running Man<\/em> ring truer now more than ever.<\/p>\n

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Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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