Edgar Wright to Direct Adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’ For Paramount
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterEdgar Wright has been tapped to direct “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian horror novel.“The Running Man,” published in 1982, was originally written under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story takes place in the United States in the year 2025, which sees the economy in ruins and violence dramatically escalating.