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SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Edgar Wright explains why Shaun of the Dead 2 would never happen

‘It's very difficult to start the next movie when there's no obvious arc,’ says director

The Independent UK

Edgar Wright explains why Shaun of the Dead 2 would never happen: "It's very difficult to start the next movie when there's no obvious arc"

"There are a lot of franchises where the sequels don't really earn their keep."

Total Film

Lily James Confesses She Dropped Her Famous Grandmother's Name to Land Baby Driver Role

Lily James reveals she mentioned her grandmother, Alien actress Helen Horton, to impress Baby Driver director Edgar Wright and win her breakout role.

International Business Times UK

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Lily James: ‘Every time I watch Alien, I go... my God, that’s my grandma!’

INTERVIEW: The star of ‘Baby Driver’, ‘The Iron Claw’ and ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ now plays a woman fleeing constant surveillance in the thriller ‘Relay’. She talks to Adam White about losing her privacy in the public eye, the time she boasted about her lineage to impress Edgar…

The Independent UK

‘I don’t know how anyone takes themselves seriously in this job’: Hollywood hotshot Glen Powell talks to Marina Hyde

He’s an old-fashioned movie star in a digital age, making box-office smashes like Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters and Anyone But You. Now he’s lining up projects with everyone from Ron Howard to Edgar Wright. Could he be Texas’s answer to Tom Cruise?

The Guardian - UK

Penelope Wilton: ‘They wanted me to tone down my death in Shaun of the Dead. It was too frightening’

The venerable screen and stage star reveals why she insisted on meeting a bloody end in Edgar Wright’s zomcom, loved working with Ricky Gervais and which of her film roles has the biggest Rastafarian fanbase

The Guardian - UK

The Running Man 2025: Inside Glen Powell's Bold Gamble on Stephen King's Most Disturbing Story Yet

The Running Man 2025 sees Glen Powell tackle Stephen King's darkest story yet in Edgar Wright's brutal, high-stakes remake hitting cinemas this November.

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Stephen King gave Glen Powell his blessing for ‘The Running Man’ after watching his best role

I mean...it is his best movie!

The Mary Sue

Stephen King approved Glen Powell's casting in The Running Man

Glen Powell needed his Running Man casting to be approved by Stephen King.

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Glen Powell Was Offered The Running Man, Then Stressed Out When He Found Out Stephen King Was Going To Watch One Of His Movies Before Saying Yes

Glen Powell's next acting gig depended on what Stephen King thought of an earlier performance.

Cinemablend

The Running Man, Terminator, and more: Movies that Made Arnold Schwarzenegger a legend

He is a living legend after all.

The Mary Sue

Stephen King says it’s 'fantastic' - Epic Running Man trailer wows fans

80s camp is swapped for dystopian grit in a fresh take - and even the horror master himself is impressed

Evening Standard

Horror legend Stephen King compares Shaun of the Dead director's upcoming adaptation of his sci-fi novel The Running Man to Die Hard: "I've seen it and it's fantastic"

Stephen King shares big praise for upcoming movie The Running Man

Total Film

‘Die Hard for our time!’ Stephen King raves about The Running Man

With the movie just a month away, Stephen King has hailed The Running Man as “a bipartisan thrill ride”.

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Edgar Wright on bringing nuances to ‘The Running Man’: “I think we have scenes that hopefully have the same emotion” [EXCLUSIVE]

I cannot wait to see what the team has done when The Running Man hits theaters on November 14.

Inverse

'Running Man' Trailer Reveals The True Meaning Of Its Strange Premise

The Edgar Wright movie contains a message of hope under its non-stop action.

The Mary Sue

Watch Glen Powell run for his life in a new look at Edgar Wright’s take on a Stephen King classic

He's running and running

Total Film

Running Man star Glen Powell got told last-minute he needed Stephen King's nod after taking the role

"By the way, you have to be approved by Stephen King"

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Glen Powell had to get Stephen King approval for Running Man role

Edgar Wright was only able to cast Glen Powell in The Running Man reboot after getting Stephen King's approval.

Latin Times

NYCC 2025: Glen Powell Recalls the Most Terrifying Night of His Life Waiting for Stephen King

Glen Powell says he spent one of the most nerve-wracking nights of his career waiting for an email from Stephen King. Speaking onstage at New York Comic Con, the actor revealed that before officially landing the lead in Edgar Wright's new adaptation of The Running Man, King himself had to…

Total Film

The 15 best horror comedies that will have you laughing from behind your sofa

Our picks of the best horror comedies for a gruesome laugh

The Mary Sue

Glen Powell is a father figure…to Brisket

Cue up the George Michael.

Inverse

The Most Exciting Stephen King Thriller Is Changing The Book’s Bleak Ending

'The Running Man' is running away from its problematic finale.

Total Film

Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man will change the book's ending, but it got Stephen King's seal of approval: "I think you did a great job"

The creator of the Running Man competition signed off on its new finale.

Cinemablend

The Running Man Won’t Have Stephen King’s Controversial Ending, And Edgar Wright Admits Getting The Author’s Approval Of The Changes Was ‘Nerve-Wracking’

Arriving in theaters November 14.

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