Alexandria, VA – Just as Lionsgate submitted the cast of The Long Walk for the inaugural 2026 Best Casting Oscar consideration, along with a gamut of 14 other nominations in categories including Best Picture, Paramount Pictures dropped their own Stephen King dystopian action-adventure adaptation property for Glen Powell, The Running Man . Powell, the 2020s wannabe Tom Cruise, brings an action-hero antidote to King’s deconstruction of the psyche that’s far more prevalent in The Long Walk .

The 2025 remake of King’s The Running Man , unlike the 1987 adaptation starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is closer to King’s original 1982 novel, published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. Despite a strong supporting cast with standout performances by Colman Domingo ( Sing Sing ) and Josh

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