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All year long, Paramount’s upcoming Working Man reboot from Edgar Wright has been choosing up stars. First it was Glen Powell and Katy O’Brian because the leads, then it expanded to incorporate Josh Brolin and Lee Tempo as the principle villains. Now you’ll be able to add one other pair of actors to its supporting solid, together with an previous slacker pal of Wright’s.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim) and Emilia Jones (Locke & Key) are becoming a member of the solid of the upcoming movie. Cera’s stated to be enjoying an unnamed “naïve insurgent” attempting his greatest to assist Powell’s Ben Richards, whereas Jones will painting a privileged lady stated to be “blind to the oppression of the federal government” Richards is preventing in opposition to. Filming will happen in London firstly of 2025 earlier than its launch later within the yr.
Primarily based on Stephen King’s 1982 sci-fi novel, The Working Man is about in a dystopian 2025 the place a totalitarian regime has dominated over America and makes use of a violent recreation present to maintain residents completely satisfied. The titular present sees ruthless killers search out contestants, and Richards indicators as much as get cash for his sick daughter. Contestants get more cash the longer they survive, and as he stays alive, he additionally attracts extra consideration to himself from the present’s producers and the killers, who would reasonably he lose.
Working Man was beforehand tailored right into a 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger by Paul Michael Glaser, and again in June, Powell teased what would make this new model completely different from its predecessor. Wright’s movie, he stated, is “extra grounded” in King’s guide, which made the hunt for Richards into a world one reasonably than simply the US. We’ll learn how the 2 movies differ when Wright’s The Working Man hits theaters on November 21, 2025.
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