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Filmmaker Edgar Wright will be arriving in Glasgow in November for his latest production - an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man.

Filming will impact a number of city centre locations between the 10 and 24 November, at times prohibiting vehicle movements, loading and unloading on streets including Mitchell Street, Hope Street, Gordon Street and Rose Street.

You can find exact dates and locations at Glasgow World.com

The film will star Maverick and Twisters star Glen Powell in a thriller based on King’s dystopian novel.

Centred on the character Ben Richards, a desperate man who participates in violent reality show The Running Man in order to win money to revive his gravely ill daughter.

The book was previously adapted in 1987 by Paul Michael Glaser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The new film is scheduled for release in November 2025.

Glasgow has proved an immensely popular location to shoot movies in recent years and has hosted the sets of 2022’s Batman, the 2023 Indiana Jones film and also next year’s Frankenstein.

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00:00Filmmaker Edgar Wright will be arriving in Glasgow in November for his latest production
00:04and adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man. Filming will impact a number of city centre
00:09locations between the 10th and 24th of November, at times prohibiting vehicle movements loading
00:14and unloading on the streets including Mitchell Street, Hope Street, Gordon Street and Rose Street.
00:19You can find exact dates and locations at glasgoworld.com. The film will star Maverick
00:24and Twister star Glenn Powell in a thriller based on King's dystopian novel. Centred on
00:29the character Ben Richards, a desperate man who participates in a violent reality show called The
00:34Running Man in order to win money to revive his gravely ill daughter. The book was previously
00:39adapted in 1987 by Paul Michael Glasser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The new film is scheduled
00:46for release in November 2025. Glasgow has proved an immensely popular location to shoot movies in
00:52recent years and has hosted the sets of 2022's Batman, the 2023 Indiana Jones film and also next
00:58year's Frankenstein.

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