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Movie Review – The Running Man (2025)

November 14, 2025 by Robert Kojder

The Running Man, 2025. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, David Zayas, Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Sean Hayes, Thalía Dudek, Matt Ramos, Martin Herlihy, George Carroll, Sandra Dickinson, Georgia Goodman, and Sophie Simnett. SYNOPSIS: A man joins […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder, Top Stories Tagged With: Colman Domingo, Daniel Ezra, David Zayas, Edgar Wright, Emilia Jones, George Carroll, Georgia Goodman, Glen Powell, Jayme Lawson, Josh Brolin, Karl Glusman, Katy O'Brian, Lee Pace, Martin Herlihy, Matt Ramos, Michael Cera, Sandra Dickinson, Sean Hayes, Sophie Simnett, Stephen King, Thalia Dudek, The Running Man, William H. Macy

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man gets an explosive final trailer

November 10, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its release this week, Paramount Pictures has shared the final trailer of an extensive marketing campaign for Edgar Wright’s upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Running Man. Starring man of the moment Glen Powell, the action thriller centres on Ben Richards, a man desperate to save his daughter’s life who joins a deadly game […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Colman Domingo, Daniel Ezra, Edgar Wright, Emilia Jones, Glen Powell, Jayme Lawson, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Stephen King, The Running Man, William H. Macy

Go inside the world of Edgar Wright’s The Running Man with two new featurettes

November 4, 2025 by Matt Rodgers

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is sprinting towards its November 12 release date, so to keep audiences on their toes Paramount Pictures has released two new action-packed featurettes for the Glen Powell-headlined Stephen King adaptation. The first takes you inside the world of The Running Man, with Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Colman Domingo, and Josh […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Colman Domingo, Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Stephen King, The Running Man

The game is rigged in the explosive new trailer for Edgar Wright’s The Running Man

October 13, 2025 by Matt Rodgers

With less than a month to go before Glen Powell springs into perpetual motion for Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, Paramount Pictures has released a brand new trailer for the high-octane Stephen King adaptation. Directed by Edgar Wright from a screenplay he wrote with Michael Bacall, The Running Man has an all-star roster that includes […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Colman Domingo, Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Stephen King, The Running Man

The Running Man featurette takes us behind-the-scenes of Edgar Wright’s actioner

September 22, 2025 by Matt Rodgers

Paramount Pictures has released a behind-the-scenes featurette that gives audiences a look at the training schedule that went into the propulsive action featured in Edgar Wright’s forthcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man.  Written by the Shaun of the Dead director, alongside 21 Jump Street‘s Michael Bacall, The Running Man stars Glen Powell, William […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Daniel Ezra, Edgar Wright, Emilia Jones, Glen Powell, Jayme Lawson, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, The Running Man, William H. Macy

Go behind-the-scenes of The Running Man with new featurette

September 20, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Paramount Pictures has released a new behind the scenes featurette for  Edgar Wright’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man, which sees stars Glen Powell discussing performing the movie’s action scenes; check it out below… ​In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Glen Powell, Stephen King, The Running Man

Eight Essential Sci-Fi Prison Movies

September 15, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to get locked up with the key thrown away as we look at these essential sci-fi prison movies… Some sub-genres seem to prove hugely popular. Whether it’s the Die Hard copycat or an Alien riff, some concepts lend themselves to being rejigged, reheated and served as new. There are prison movies which have […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien 3, cube, Escape Plan, Fortress, No Escape, Spoiler, The Running Man, Wedlock

Can Edgar Wright conquer America with The Running Man?

July 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on The Running Man, and whether it will be the film to finally see Edgar Wright breaking America… Much like Oasis and Robbie Williams, Edgar Wright’s attempts to translate UK status and acclaim to the glitzy world of the US industry haven’t gone entirely to plan. He’s certainly got more name recognition than […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Last Night in Soho, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Stephen King, The Running Man

The hunt is on for Glen Powell in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man trailer

July 1, 2025 by Gary Collinson

Man of the moment Glen Powell follows in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger as he takes on the role of Ben Richards in The Running Man, a new adaptation of the original Stephen King story from Hot Fuzz and Baby Driver director Edgar Wright; check out the first trailer below courtesy of Paramount Pictures… ​In […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Stephen King, The Running Man

Colman Domingo to host The Running Man for Edgar Wright

January 12, 2025 by Gary Collinson

As revealed by Deadline this past week, Edgar Wright has tapped Colman Domingo (Euphoria, Sing Sing) to host the titular gameshow at the centre of his upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel The Running Man. Wright’s new take on The Running Man will see man of the moment Glen Powell (Anyone But You) leading […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Colman Domingo, Edgar Wright, Stephen King, The Running Man

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