Quick Behind-the-Scenes Look at Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’
by Alex Billington
September 18, 2025
Source: YouTube
“We’re really breaking out the heavy artillery. The big explosions. Hopefully I’ll make the stunts look cool.” Paramount has debuted a quick new behind-the-scenes promo video for The Running Man, the next new Edgar Wright movie after Last Night in Soho in 2021. Landing in theaters this November – watch the first trailer here. Based on the 1982 novel by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman) – it is the second adaptation of the book following that 1980s movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Set in a dystopian future, a game show called “The Running Man” has people chased by murderous Hunters across the world to win money. Ben Richards is willing to go the distance in this ultimate game of life and death… This new 2025 version stars Glen Powell as Ben, with Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Sean Hayes, and Colman Domingo. I’m not sure why this featurette is so short – only 30 seconds, with just a few quick shots of the behind-the-scenes stunt work. I hope we’ll see more soon! This movie better be good.
Here’s the quick action featurette for Edgar Wright’s movie The Running Man, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first official trailer for Edgar Wright’s The Running Man right here for more footage.
Set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media, Ben Richards (starring Glen Powell) volunteers to participate in a deadly game show, which will see him hunted by professional killers over 30 days. Should he survive, he’ll win a cash prize that will help save his sick child and lift his family out of a horrid living situation. The Running Man is directed by acclaimed British genre filmmaker Edgar Wright, director of the films A Fistful of Fingers, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The World’s End, Baby Driver, and Last Night in Soho recently, plus The Sparks Brothers doc. The screenplay is written by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall (of Scott Pilgrim, Project X, 21 & 22 Jump Street). Based on the 1982 sci-fi novel “The Running Man” from writer Stephen King. Produced by Edgar Wright, Nira Park, Simon Kinberg. Made by Genre Films and Complete Fiction. Paramount will debut Wright’s The Running Man movie in theaters worldwide starting on November 14th, 2025 this fall. Anyone want to watch this?
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