The Running Man reboot is bringing back key aspects of Stephen King’s novel to turn it into “the deadliest game of hide and seek”

The upcoming reboot of The Running Man won’t be a straight remake of 1987’s classic movie. Instead, director Edgar Wright has shared his plans to go back to Stephen King’s original novel for inspiration.

Originally published under his pen name Richard Bachman in 1986, the novel follows Ben Richards as he takes part in a reality show called The Running Man. Contestants win money by evading the team of hitmen who have been set to murder them.