Glen Powell’s ‘Running Man’ Sets Paramount+ Streaming Release Date

“The Running Man” races from the theaters and into the home video market, as the action comedy, starring Glen Powell, arrives on Paramount+ on Jan. 13.

Directed by Edgar Wright, “The Running Man” was adapted from a Stephen King novel of the same name, originally published in 1982 under the author’s frequented pseudonym, Richard Bachman. The story focuses on Ben Richards (Powell), a blacklisted blue-collar laborer living in a dystopian future. To lift his family out of poverty, he enters to compete in “The Running Man,” a televised game show where he must survive 30 days while being hunted by the network’s mercenaries as well as regular civilians. If he makes it through the 30 days, he wins $1 billion.

Alongside Powell, Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson and Sean Hayes round out the film’s star-studded cast.

Paramount released the movie on Nov. 14. in 3,534 theaters. Produced by Wright alongside Simon Kinberg and Nira Park, the movie grossed $16.5 million at the box office during its opening weekend, finishing second behind “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” which released that same weekend. In total, “The Running Man” grossed more than $69 million at the worldwide box office against a $110 million budget and received mixed reviews.

Wright’s movie is the second feature adaptation of King’s novel, following the 1987 TriStar Pictures film of the same name, which was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as Richards.