Why The Running Man 2025 Flopped in Theaters but Won Streaming (Deep Dive Analysis) | Giant Mess

Join host Neal Lynch for a giant breakdown of Edgar Wright’s The Running Man (2025), starring Glen Powell. In this deep dive, we compare this gritty, satirical adaptation to Stephen King’s (Richard Bachman) original 1982 novel and the campy 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. Topics covered in this episode: The Adaptation: How Wright pivots from 80s action cheese to systemic horror and the…