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Glen Powell To Star In Edgar Wright’s Remake Of Stephen King’s Richard Bachman Chase Thriller

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Apr 14, 2024 / 7582 Views

Glen Powell, motion star? The actor arguably already made a foray into the style in 2013’s “The Expendables 3” and 2022’s “High Gun: Maverick,” however this time, he’ll be the main man and never in a supporting function. The information got here out of CinemaCon immediately that Powell will star in Edgar Wright’s upcoming remake of “The Operating Man” at Paramount. Sure, you learn that proper: Arnold Schwarzenegger did it first in 1987; now, let’s see if Powell will do it higher.

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Powell’s casting is much less of an eyebrow-raiser as soon as one remembers that “The Operating Man” is one among horror novelist Stephen King‘s Richard Bachman books. King’s pseudonymous 1982 novel is darker and extra critical than Paul Michael Glaser‘s adaptation 5 years later, so Wright may helm a model of this story that’s much less foolish ’80s actioner, extra sinister chase thriller. For these unfamiliar with the ebook or movie, “The Operating Man” takes place in a dystopian future American the place Ben Richards participates in a violent actuality present to gather prize cash that coul save his sick daughter. The present’s premise? Richards should survive towards a pack of educated killers all despatched to hunt him down earlier than a time restrict runs out.

King’s Bachman novel is extra sprawling, much less jokey, and altogether extra downbeat than Glaser’s movie. Nevertheless it additionally ends with a (spoiler alert) airplane crashing right into a skyscraper, a climax related sufficient to latest occasions in American historical past that it may power Wright to revise the ending. However provided that it’s Wright within the director’s chair count on him to place his singular imprint on his adaptation anyway. This reboot may go a extra lighthearted route like Wright’s earlier motion pictures or for one thing extra like his earlier movie, “Final Evening In Soho.” It’ll be attention-grabbing to see what course Wright takes.

What else can we find out about “The Operating Man” to date? Not a lot, besides that Wright will produce the image alongside his common companions, Nira Park and Simon Kinberg.

“The Operating Man” is the most recent future challenge for Powell, an actor on his approach to turning into an A-lister. He just lately starred alongside Sydney Sweeney within the rom-com “Anybody However You,” which ended up being a late 2023 box-office winner. Up subsequent for Powell? Richard Linklater‘s “Hit Man,” which the actor co-wrote and co-produced along with his fellow Texan. That movie hits theaters on Might 24 and Netflix on June 7. And Powell additionally stars in Common‘s sequel motion thriller “Twisters” this summer time with Daisy Edgar-Jones. That movie bows in theaters on July 19, 2024.

No matter stylistic course Wright decides to take with “The Operating Man,” he and Glen Powell make an intriguing tandem for this remake. Let’s hope for Powell’s sake, Wright sticks near the unique Bachman/King supply materials; it’d be enjoyable to see the actor tackle a darkish function.