Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘replacement’ seen filming reboot of his iconic 80s movie in London

Another 1 of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s classical 80s movies is getting the remake treatment, with Glen Powell stepping successful arsenic his replacement.

The 77-year-old took connected the main role successful Paul Michael’s dystopian enactment flick, the Running Man, which was based connected Stephen King’s futuristic caller of the aforesaid name.

Arnie’s mentation deed the large surface successful 1987, and saw him playing constabulary chopper aviator Ben Richards, a hopeless antheral who takes portion successful a unsafe world amusement wherever helium goes connected the tally to flight a radical of hunters who are retired to termination him.

Filming has begun connected the reboot, with accumulation presently taking spot successful London – new pictures person emerged of Glen moving astir the deserted streets of the capital.

He could beryllium seen sweating portion jogging, sporting a acheronian hoodie and beige trousers, paired with a acheronian tan overgarment and reddish trainers.

Paramount antecedently announced that the Anyone But You histrion would beryllium starring the revival, beside Karl Glusman, Katy O’Brian and Daniel Ezra.

According to Deadline, Edgar Wright is serving arsenic director, portion Josh Brolin is said to beryllium successful last negotiations to instrumentality connected a villainous part.

It is presently slated to beryllium released connected November 21, 2025 – which happens to beryllium the twelvemonth that the caller was acceptable in.

Stephen authored the Running Man successful 1982, nether the pseudonym Richard Bachman, portion Paul Michael Glaser directed the archetypal flick, acceptable successful 2019.

Arnie starred other Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jim Brown and Yaphet Kotto.

It was met with mixed reviews astatine the time, and presently commands a 67% critics people connected Rotten Tomatoes, compared to a 61% assemblage rating.

Ian Nathan from Empire described it arsenic a ‘brainless, breathless thrill’, portion Desson Thomson of the Washington Post encouraged would-be viewers to ‘stay astatine location and ticker nonrecreational wrestling’ with their clip instead.

All eyes volition beryllium connected Glen to spot whether helium tin measurement into the Terminator’s shoes with ease…

The Scream Queens favourite has seldom been retired of the spotlight implicit the past fewer years, racking up roles successful Twisters, Set It Up, Hit Man and Top Gun: Maverick, with Tom Cruise.

There has been aggravated speculation connected whether helium could regenerate Tom successful the Mission: Impossible franchise, but helium confessed this isn’t a task that his ma would beryllium keen on.

Addressing the swirling rumors, helium told ESPN’s Pat McAfee: ‘My ma would ne'er fto maine bash that.

‘That’s the worst gig successful town, everybody knows that. That’s a decease trap.’

The Running Man is acceptable to beryllium released connected November 21, 2025.

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