Michael Cera is about to reunite with Edgar Wright on The Running Man, with Emilia Jones additionally becoming a member of the forged.

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man can be a little bit Scott Pilgrim reunion, as THR stories that Michael Cera is about to seem within the new adaptation. Emilia Jones, finest identified for Locke & Key and CODA, has additionally joined the forged.

Glen Powell (Twisters) stars in The Running Man as a “desperate man, needing money for his sick daughter, who joins the most popular show, The Running Man, in which teams of killers hunt down contestants. The longer that a contestant survives, the more money that person makes. But as the game show’s producers and killers will find out, this desperate man will break all the rules and expose the show’s dark secrets.” Cera will play a “naïve rebel who tries to help the desperate man,” whereas Jones will play a “privileged girl blind to the oppression of the federal government reverse Powell’s Richards.“

Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame) can also be set to star because the ruthless producer behind the violent actuality present, alongside Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) as one of many contestants and Lee Pace (Foundation) because the brutal chief hunter monitoring down Powell’s character. Daniel Ezra (All American) will even seem.

Edgar Wright is directing The Running Man from a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacall. It’s based mostly on Stephen King’s novel of the identical identify, which was printed in 1982 underneath the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Wright has beforehand stated that The Running Man remake can be nearer to the unique Stephen King novel than the Arnold Schwarzenegger film. “I like the film but I like the book more, and they didn’t really adapt the book,” Wright stated. “Even as a youngster once I noticed the Schwarzenegger movie I used to be like, ‘Oh, this isn’t just like the e-book in any respect!’ And I believe, ‘Nobody’s [done] that e-book.’ So when that got here up, I used to be pondering, and Simon Kinberg says, ‘Do you have any interest in The Running Man?’ I stated, ‘You know what? I’ve usually thought that that e-book is one thing crying out to be tailored.’ Now, that doesn’t imply that it’s straightforward!“

Michael Cera lately reprised his position of Barry in Sausage Party: Foodtopia, which Prime Video has renewed for a second season. Emilia Jones lately starred in Winner, a darkly comedic biopic based mostly on the true story of Reality Winner, the whistleblower who leaked categorised paperwork confirming Russian interference in American elections.

The Running Man will hit theaters on November 21, 2025.