It would be fair to say that, by and large, Stephen King adaptations can be a little hit or miss — for every Carrie (1976) there is also a Carrie (2013). But 2025 has been something of a banner year for fresh book-to-screen takes on King's work, with The Monkey , The Life Of Chuck , and The Long Walk all coming in hot as very good riffs on their literary counterparts. It's a trend that looks set to continue in some style with Edgar Wright's hotly anticipated The Running Man , the latest adaptation of King's (well, Richard Bachman's) 1982 dystopian deathmatch book and a film that's set to see Glen Powell step into the running shoes of Ben Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character from the cult classic 1987 movie . Check out the high-octane new trailer below;

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