{"id":68779,"date":"2025-08-14T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68779\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:09:09","slug":"the-running-man-runs-away-from-predator-and-into-new-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68779\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Running Man&#8217; Runs Away from &#8216;Predator&#8217; and Into New Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edgar Wright\u2019s\u00a0(Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) new movie\u00a0The Running Man, an adaptation of the\u00a0Stephen King novel, had been dated for theatrical release on November 7, the very same day that the Predator returns to the big screen in <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3890008\/predator-badlands-new-poster-unites-the-alien-and-predator-franchises-once-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Predator: Badlands<\/a>. As you might have guessed, one of them was going to have to move. And it\u2019s not the Predator.<\/p>\n<p>The Running Man will now release in theaters on November 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Millions hunt. One runs. Everyone watches.\u00a0Glen Powell\u00a0(Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters) stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200bIn a near-future society,\u00a0The Running Man\u00a0is the top-rated show on television\u2014a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show\u2019s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the game as a last resort. But Ben\u2019s defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite\u2014and a threat to the entire system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colman Domingo\u00a0(Candyman) and\u00a0Katy O\u2019Brian\u00a0(Love Lies Bleeding) also star in the film, alongside\u00a0Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, and\u00a0Sean Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Wright wrote the script with\u00a0Michael Bacall\u00a0(Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street).\u00a0Chung-hoon Chung\u00a0(Oldboy, It, Last Night in Soho) serves as cinematographer.<\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s novel, published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was released in 1982, loosely adapted into the same-titled Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring film back in 1987.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edgar Wright\u2019s\u00a0(Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) new movie\u00a0The Running Man, an adaptation of the\u00a0Stephen King&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,54451,134,54452,344,22363,54453],"class_list":["post-68779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-edgar-wright","tag-entertainment","tag-glen-powell","tag-movies","tag-stephen-king","tag-the-running-man"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}