David Zayas Joins Edgar Wright’s Paramount Feature ‘The Running Man’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: David Zayas (Dexter, Oz) has joined the cast of Edgar Wright‘s Paramount feature The Running Man, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
He portrays Richard Manuel, sources close to production tell Deadline. He joins the previously announced cast of Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Jayme Lawson and William H.
Macy. The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media. The story follows Ben Richards (Powell) as he volunteers to participate in a deadly game show, which will see him hunted by professional killers over 30 days.
Should he survive, he’ll win a cash prize that will help save his sick child and lift his family out of a horrid living situation.
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