The Running Man
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Running Man writer/director Edgar Wright (Last Night in Soho; Baby Driver) and co-writer Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs the World; 21 Jump Street) discuss adapting Stephen King's novel and what the author's approval meant to them, writing readable scripts, learning from past experiences, world-building, deploying Glen Powell as a secret weapon, and more.
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