The Game Is On in the First ‘Running Man’ Trailer

Last year, we learned Edgar Wright was helming a remake of Stephen King’s The Running Man with Glen Powell (Twisters) in the lead role—and that it would be released during the year the original book is set: 2025. After a small sampling to press during CinemaCon, Universal’s first trailer sets the stage for what’s coming this fall.

Powell plays Ben Richards, the latest contestant in a reality game show where people avoid bounty hunters sent to kill them. Like in the 1982 novel and 1987 film, Richards is in the games to win money and pay for his kid’s medicine. There’s a lot of bounty hunters, and they ain’t letting up on him or his fellow runners played by Daniel Ezra and Katy O’Brian, but it’ll be worth it if he can get that cash prize at the end.

Much to the delight of the show’s producer, Killian (Josh Brolin), and host, Bobby (Colman Domingo), Richards is a ratings hit. But the longer he toughs it out, the more of an inspiration he becomes to fellow working-class people watching him on TV, which starts looking like a problem to the wealthy.

Also starring Michael Cera, Jayme Lawson, and William H. Macy, The Running Man releases in theaters November 7.

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