Edgar Wright’s reimagining of The Running Man is shaping up to be something special. And now we know that it’ll also be a Scott Pilgrim vs. the World reunion. THR reports that Michael Cera has joined the cast. Another new cast member is CODA and Winner breakout Emilia Jones. They joined the previously cast Glen Powell, Katy O’Brien, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, and Daniel Ezra.
According to the report, Cera will play a “naïve rebel who tries to help the desperate man,” while Jones will play a “privileged woman blind to the oppression of the government opposite Powell’s Richards.“
Powell is set to lead the film as Ben Richards, “a desperate man, needing money for his sick daughter, who joins the most popular show, The Running Man, in which teams of killers hunt down contestants. The longer that a contestant survives, the more money that person makes. But as the game show’s producers and killers will find out, this desperate man will break all the rules and expose the show’s dark secrets.” Brolin will play the cruel producer behind the games, while O’Brien is a contestant and Pace is a brutal hunter.
Wright is directing based on a script he and Michael Bacall adapted from Steven King’s book written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym. The story was adapted into a cult classic 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wright’s version is expected to be more faithful to the book.
Cera recently returned to the role of Scott Pilgrim, voicing the character in the animated series, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. He also played the character Allan in Barbie, and will be seen next month in the holiday dramedy Christmas Even in Miller’s Point.
The Running Man opens November 21st 2025.
