A brand new trailer for Edgar Wright’s new motion film, The Operating Man, has formally been launched, a month away from the film’s debut.
Director Edgar Wright shared the trailer on X with the caption, “Play the sport or the sport performs you. Watch the New Trailer for ‘The Operating Man’. Can not wait so that you can see my new film massive and loud! One month from as we speak!” The movie is formally set to launch on November 14.
The Operating Man is an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the identical title. It’s set in a not-too-distant future the place The Operating Man is a success TV present and a lethal competitors the place you will need to survive being hunted by skilled killers for 30 days. Ben Richards (performed by Glen Powell), determined to avoid wasting his sick daughter, enters the sport.
Within the trailer, Powell seems to be getting attacked from each angle, and the motion doesn’t appear to decelerate, a lot to followers’ delight. Powell has been making a reputation for himself in motion motion pictures after beforehand starring in Hit Man, High Gun: Maverick, and Twisters.
Directed by Wright, recognized for Child Driver and Shaun of the Lifeless, The Operating Man is about to be action-packed, that includes different well-known faces, together with Lee Tempo, Michael Cera, and Josh Brolin.
Nonetheless, this isn’t the primary adaptation of Stephen King’s novel from 1982. In 1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Ben Richards, and his The Operating Man has a 67% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes and earned a home gross of over $38 million worldwide. Nonetheless, many discovered the difference to be underwhelming, together with Wright.
The unique film overlooked lots of key components of King’s novel, and at an NYCC panel the place ScreenRant was in attendance, Wright mentioned his model of the upcoming motion:
“I all the time felt that there was an entire a part of the story that hadn’t been tailored. My favourite remakes are ones that form of do one thing totally different from the opposite one. So, this isn’t an try and remake that movie, that is one thing that’s extra devoted to the e-book.”
Wright isn’t writing off the 1987 adaptation utterly, and is even together with a Schwarzenegger cameo by utilizing his face on the $100 invoice. King has described the movie as “extra devoted to the e-book to maintain the followers completely happy sufficient to maintain me on my toes and excited.”