The legendary author talks about changes in the new Edgar Wright film starring Glen Powell.
, we felt the ending was the biggest problem with the film, but one very important person liked it more than we did: Stephen King.very much,” King told EW. “Can’t say too much—spoilers—but I think readers of the novel will be satisfied because they get to have it both ways.
If you see what I mean, and I’m betting you do.”which is radically different in a ton of waysstudio, sends the show’s host/creator Killian into the arena, gets the girl, and lives happily ever after. That’s a huge departure from the 1982 book, where Richards actually dies by flying a plane into the network TV building. The book ends with the dark line of “The explosion was tremendous, lighting up the night like the wrath of God, and it rained fire twenty blocks away.” Brutal. Wright’s film is sort of a mix of both. The whole movie very closely mirrors the story of the 1982 novel, so we do see Ben Richards get on a plane with a course set for the network building. But things change when it gets shot down on the way, never reaching its destination, and everyone assumes Ben is dead. Of course, he’s not. Through the social media creator we met earlier in the movie , we learn that Ben somehow escaped the plane before it exploded. We then see Ben reunite with his family and, finally, invadeSo you get the mostly happy, burn-the-world-down ending from the movie, but also the book-accurate setup with Ben on a plane and the plane crashing. That’s King’s “get to have it both ways.” Which we totally understand. Plus, it makes sense. We’re pretty sure modern audiences would not have liked seeing Glen Powell die at the end by flying a plane into a building. That hits much differently now than it did in 1982, obviously. However, one of the things we liked most about Wright’s version of the film is how meticulous it is. It explains the rules, the locations, all of it in such detail. But that goes completely out the window at the end, when we are fed this sort of YouTube video that doesn’t explicitly explain anything, followed by a few very fast-paced wrap-up scenes. Altogether, it robs us of the full satisfaction we could’ve had from both Ben seeing his family again and getting revenge against the network, while also leaving us more questions than answers. It’s all too fast, too loose, and too confusing. Does it give us a happy ending with a twist? Yes, but we hoped for more.12:40 pm'Running Man' and 'Star Wars' producer Simon Kinberg revealed his desire to work with the director on the superhero franchise.Cheryl EddyEdgar Wright on ‘The Running Man’ Gift He Gave Stephen King and the Race to Finish the Film
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