As promised, the primary trailer for director Edgar Wright’s tackle Stephen King’s novel The Operating Man is right here — and it seems like a playful throwback to ‘80s motion motion pictures.
The story facilities on a struggling man named Ben Richards, performed by Glen Powell, who’s a contestant on a mega-popular TV recreation present the place he’s hunted by educated killers, and earns extra money the longer he stays alive. The objective is to final an entire 30 days unscathed, which usually doesn’t occur. Oh, and mainly each citizen is attempting to catch him as effectively. Regardless of the darkish premise, the trailer has a reasonably lighthearted tone, combined in with all the demise and destruction.
Along with being helmed by Wright — who’s best-known for motion pictures like Shaun of the Useless, Child Driver, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — the brand new film additionally contains a pretty big and notable solid. That features Powell within the lead function, alongside Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Tempo, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Sean Hayes, and Colman Domingo.
In fact, this isn’t the primary adaptation of the guide. It follows Paul Michael Glaser’s movie from 1987, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and had one thing of a post-apocalyptic-meets-American Gladiators vibe.
The newest model of The Operating Man additionally isn’t the one dystopic King adaptation within the works proper now. The marginally slower-paced novel The Lengthy Stroll can also be coming to theaters this 12 months from Starvation Video games director Francis Lawrence. It premieres on September twelfth.
The Operating Man is scheduled to hit theaters on November seventh.