Overview
- At a premiere event, Arnold Schwarzenegger met Edgar Wright and Glen Powell and said the remake "upped" his original, calling it the only one of his films he wanted redone.
- Stephen King has endorsed the movie on social media as "DIE HARD for our time" and granted script approval for the adaptation.
- Wright told SFX that the film’s ending departs from the novel but keeps the spirit of King’s finale, a choice made with the author’s blessing.
- Early reactions highlight Glen Powell’s performance and the movie’s action-driven satire, with some calling it a faithful return to King’s story.
- The Running Man opens Nov. 12 in the UK and Nov. 14 in the U.S., and Wright nods to the 1987 film with in‑world currency bearing Schwarzenegger’s face.