Colman Domingo is back in the awards discussion for his remarkable performance in Sing Sing. But after that he’s going to an entirely different kind of Hellscape than the U.S. prison system. Deadline reports Domingo has joined Edgar Wright’s adaptation of The Running Man, taking on the role made iconic by the late great Family Feud host Richard Dawson.
Domingo will play the host of the deadly game show at the heart of The Running Man. Glen Powell plays Ben Richards, who signs on to participate in the lethal game, in which he must survive being chased by assassins, in hopes of winning enough money to save his gravely ill daughter.
Also in the cast are Josh Brolin, Karl Glusman, Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, Sean Hayes, and David Zayas. In the 1987 movie led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dawson’s performance as Damon Killian stole the show and was the primary antagonist. In Wright’s version co-written with Michael Bacall, Brolin’s corrupt TV exec is the one who’ll be pushing most of the buttons. But with Domingo aboard you can bet the host role will be quite juicy, and we already know he can play a bad guy when called upon.
The Running Man hits theaters on November 7th.
