Glen Powell is gearing up for a new adventure in The Running Man remake, and Arnold Schwarzenegger has given his full support to the project.
Powell, who will star in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel, shared the exciting news during a chat with PEOPLE.
“I asked Patrick if I could talk to Arnold and I hadn’t seen Arnold since we shot ‘Expendables’ in Bulgaria,” Powell explained. “Arnold gave us his full blessing and we get to give Arnold a very specific fun gift from the movie in a couple of weeks here. So I’m very excited to see him.”
According to PEOPLE, Schwarzenegger, 77, expressed his approval and was happy to pass the torch to Powell, his Expendables co-star.
Wright, the director behind this adaptation, also shared his reasons for casting Powell. He wanted an actor who had yet to tackle a role like this one.
“I felt it was important to see somebody who hadn’t really done something like this before,” Wright said in an interview with Empire magazine. “It’s similar to Bruce Willis, when he was still the guy from ‘Moonlighting,’ before he did ‘Die Hard’, where that adds to the suspense. Can they make it?”
The Running Man tells the story of Ben Richards, played by Powell, who participates in a deadly TV game show. Contestants must evade ruthless “stalkers” and fight for their freedom.
Wright has promised a faithful adaptation of King’s novel, which will be “a very intense, dangerous road movie.”
Ben Richards will venture through different environments, meeting new characters, and trying to survive the next 30 days.
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