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The Running Man

Synopsis

The futuristic United States of 2025 when the world has become a dystopia - A man joins a game show where contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them.

Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Features
Director: Edgar Wright
Producer: Audrey Chon, Simon Kinberg, Nira Park, Edgar Wright
Editor: Paul Machliss
Screenwriter: Michael Bacall (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Director of Photography: Chung-hoon Chung
Principal cast: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Katy O'Brian, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, Michael Cera

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

UK, US co-production

Complete Fiction (UK), Genre Films (US), Paramount Pictures (US)

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26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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Sales Company

Paramount Pictures

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