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The Running Man's Best Idea Was Not In Stephen King's Book

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The best idea in Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man was, surprisingly, not in the original Stephen King/Richard Bachman novel.

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Thirty-eight years after the thriller kitsch with Schwarzy, Hollywood re-adapts King's cult novel under the guidance of British cinematographer Edgar Wright. Verdict of the movie in the theater this November 19th.

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Stephen King had reason to be frustrated in the 1980s. Although he was already pergesting best sellers a mansalva this same propitiating Hollywood's attention, and could give him a couple of dislikes. There has been much talk about how King reneged on Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining, lamenting that the filmmaker had lightened the psychological component of a story very important to him, in pursuit of a terror as cold as impressionist…

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/Film broke the news in on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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