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Looking back at the ’80s, it’s hard to comprehend now not just how big a movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger was in those days but how much he contributed to genre cinema. Beginning with 1982’s Conan the ...

One tricky thing about writing dystopian fiction with staying power is that the future eventually catches up with you. Stephen King's 1982 novel The Running Man takes place in 2025. In his vision of, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. Stephen King’s The Running Man enters the box office race ...

As disinformation runs rampant and the truth is under attack, “The Running Man” comes out at a timely moment. The dystopian blockbuster is the second adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel. However, ...

Ben Richards, the protagonist, is a down-on-his-luck everyman who enters the Running Man competition to support his wife and sick daughter. Also known as Bobby T, he is the charismatic host of the ...

If there's one subgenre that's never really gone out of style, it's dystopian films. These high-concept sci-fi stories manage to say so much about the state of the world and society, and they've been ...

Decades later, unsettling ideas presented by horror great Stephen King in “The Running Man” continue to resonate. Published in 1982 under the pen name Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is set in a ...

The pairing of director Edgar Wright telling a story from Stephen King is beyond exciting. One is known for electric, pulse-pounding films full of heart, humor, and action. The other is responsible ...

It's the second adaptation of the novel, with Arnold Schwarzenegger first taking on the starring role in 1987'sThe Running Man However, the newer version, which is directed by Edgar Wright, will be ...

Glen Powell’s version of Stephen King’s The Running Man took a huge dive in business in its second weekend at the domestic box office. In the new version, Powell plays Richards, a man struggling to ...