‘The Running Man’: Josh Brolin Lands Villain Role Opposite Glen Powell In Edgar Wright’s Reimagining At Paramount
Glen Powell looks to have found his adversary in the reimagining of The Running Man at Paramount Pictures. Josh Brolin is in final negotiations to land the villain role in the pic being directed by Edgar Wright and based on the novel by Stephen King that the author published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
While the details of Brolin’s role are unknown, sources say he will play the antagonist behind the violent reality show.
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The film, which also has cast Karl Glusman, Katy O’Brian and Daniel Ezra, has a November 21, 2025 release date. Wright is also co-writing the script with Michael Bacall, and will produce with his producing partner Nira Park and Simon Kinberg. George Linder will executive produce.
The Running Man was made famous by the 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. King’s futuristic novel is a chase thriller set in a dystopian America in the year 2025. The story centers on Ben Richards, a desperate man who participates in violent reality show called The Running Man in order to win enough money to revive his gravely ill daughter. The show follows Richards being chased by numerous hunters sent to kill him.
Brolin will next release his memoir From Under the Truck on November 19. On the film side he will star in the third installment of the Knives Out series, Wake Up Dead Man. Additional credits include Dune: Part Two, playing Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Milk (for which he received an Oscar nomination), the Coen Brothers’ True Grit and No Country for Old Men, Oliver Stone’s W., Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice.
He is repped by CAA and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett, Kole
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