In case you’ve been experiencing Glen Powell withdrawals after a very Powell-heavy 2024 (Twisters! Hit Man! Anybody However You!) then worry not. There’s a contemporary slice of Glen on the best way – from none aside from Edgar Wright, in his first movie since Final Evening In Soho. The duo have teamed up for a contemporary adaptation of The Operating Man, Stephen King’s story of a dystopian deathmatch in a future America – beforehand tailored in 1987 as an Arnold Schwarzenegger motion car, famously not probably the most devoted tackle the supply materials. Now Wright is bringing the story to the display screen in a model stated to be nearer to the e-book, with Powell as Ben Richards – on the run from murderous Hunters within the hopes of profitable piles of money. Try the trailer:

This seems like a blast – and whereas it’s Wright working from supply materials for the primary time since Scott Pilgrim, there’s all of the signature model you’d anticipate from his work. In truth, this seems like him again in Child Driver mode, delivering zippy thrills and moments of comedy because the motion stakes pile up. Powell seems to be in magnetic type because the determined man hoping to save lots of his household with these winnings – and he even will get a little bit Hit Man disguise second in there. Elsewhere we’ve Love Lies Bleeding’s Katy O’Brian in a cowboy hat (!), an electrical Colman Domingo as ‘The Operating Man’ present host, and Josh Brolin in menacing mode as the person holding Ben’s destiny in his fingers. And sure, that was a Scott Pilgrim reunion on the finish, with Michael Cera wielding a lethal super-soaker. Signal us up.

We’ll see what Wright, returning Soho cinematographer Chung Chung-hoon, Powell and co have cooked up when The Operating Man hits UK cinemas on 7 November. Begin stretching these legs. Oh, and preserve your eyes peeled on empireonline.com for an Edgar Wright trailer breakdown interview, coming very shortly…