Glen Powell Confirms Edgar Wright Film to Start Filming Soon

After years of anticipation, a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man is finally on the horizon. This fresh take on King’s 1982 novel will be directed by fan-favorite Edgar Wright and will feature Glen Powell, known for his roles in Twisters and Top Gun: Maverick . Production is set to begin very soon, with Powell making an exciting revelation about balancing his academic and acting commitments.

In a recent interview with IndieWire , Powell disclosed his plans to return to the University of Texas to complete his degree in Spanish & Early American history this fall, all while starting work on The Running Man. “I’m not going to be sitting in a class with other students on the regular,” Powell revealed. “I’m basically going to be coming back because I have to finish up, but I’m going to be shooting The Running Man in the fall. So I’m going to be in London, but I am going to be going back for proctored exams.”

Powell added, “So, they’re letting me figure it out [with] distance learning. And I’m obviously going to be coming in, Zooming in for classes and whatnot, but I have to be back for the proctored exams. So, we’re figuring that out for two or three times a semester, I’ll come back for all my stuff. Edgar has been very nice about letting me finish my degree in the middle of his massive movie.”

The Running Man is set in a dystopian world where contestants participate in a TV show called “The Running Man.” Participants must evade police and authorities for an extended period. If successful, they win a huge cash prize, but for a month, they will be hunted by men with orders to shoot to kill. The story was previously adapted into a movie in 1987, with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the titular role.

Powell expressed his enthusiasm for working on the project and collaborating with Wright. “It was so fun for me because I searched ‘Edgar Wright’ in my email the other day, writing ‘Edgar.’ We’ve been going back and forth on script stuff, and it’s so fun,” Powell said elsewhere in the interview. “The world that Edgar’s developed on this thing is just outrageous. It’s so good. And really, we’re just both such big fans of the Stephen King book, and it’s going to be a great character. I’m so fired up about it.”

He elaborated on his excitement, “But I searched my email, and I searched Edgar Wright in my email, and it came up: I had a wish list of directors that I wanted to work with in 2008 when I moved out to LA that I sent my agent at the time — and Edgar Wright is literally number one. I’m such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.”