Looking forward to this. The audiobook is great.

I've been waiting for a serious film adaptation of this book since I read it as a teenager. The tone of the book is dark and dystopian with an intelligent but desperate protagonist — more like The Fugitive meets the Hunger Games than the cheesy comic-book action movies vibes of the Arnold Schwarzenegger version.

The original movie is a bit of a miss and so a re-make isn't anything anyone needs - but a remake by Edgar Wright? Sign me up!

Just pump this directly into my veins. I haven't felt this riled up by a trailer since Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Has anyone mentioned that the original story was by Stephen King?

The original story was by Stephen King.

That gives it a certain mojo right off the bat.

King’s Bachman books are all pretty good and several have turned into incredible movies (Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption). I hope this one lives up those two.

The original 1984 novella was set in 2025! From the Wikipedia article:

"In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles, and America has become a totalitarian dystopia."

😬

Seems like the obvious choice for show host would have been Steve Harvey.

This trailer is completely and 100% missing the tone of the book. Any humor in that book is extremely dark. This looks like a real missed opportunity to make a more meaningful movie. Granted, it would be unlikely to be a summer blockbuster, but this looks awful.