Overview
- A studio featurette highlights Wright’s return to Stephen King’s original Richard Bachman novel, with the director stressing a darker, politically charged tone than the 1987 film.
- The film opens nationwide on November 14 via Paramount, with premium large-format screenings on November 13 at 7 p.m. that include a collector poster giveaway.
- Glen Powell says Arnold Schwarzenegger saw the finished cut and called it “incredible,” praising it as the first adaptation to properly put King’s vision on screen and noting the production’s physical demands.
- Stephen King publicly lauded the movie, calling it “fantastic” and “Die Hard for our time” in a social media post.
- Glen Powell leads as Ben Richards with Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Jayme Lawson and William H. Macy, from a screenplay by Wright and Michael Bacall produced with Nira Park and Simon Kinberg; the runtime is reported at 133 minutes.