More than 40 years ago, Stephen King wrote a story about a deadly game show playing out in a dystopian world – in the year 2025. Now, "The Running Man" is heading to the big screen (again) with the help of Edgar Wright. Expect action-packed material and food for thought. Los Angeles (dpa) – A new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel "The Running Man", published under his pen name Richard Bachman and set in a dystopian America in 2025, is returning to screens with spectacular action entertainment and a disturbingly timely message. Fifty years ago, the master of horror came up a story that he eventually published in 1982 as "The Running Man", albeit under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The fresh adaptation owes much to the signature directing style of Edgar Wright, of "Shaun of the Dead"

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