GLASGOW is set to be transformed next month for the reboot of a classic Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Film crews will descend on the city during production of The Running Man, a remake of the 1987 classic starring the screen legend.
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The flick, based on Stephen King’s book of the same name, is set in dystopian America and follows falsely convicted policeman Ben Richards who is forced to participate in a deadly TV show.
The reboot will see Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell in the lead role, while Mission: Impossible 8 actress Katy O’Brian will star opposite.
Several city centre streets will be restricted as filming gets underway in November, reports The Herald.
These include Hope Street, Renfrew Street and St Vincent Street.
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Baby Driver filmmaker Edgar Wright is directing the 2025 adaption and collaborator Michael Bacall has signed on to write the script.
In an interview with IndieWire in July, Powell said: “I’m going to be shooting The Running Man in the fall.
“The world that Edgar’s developed on this thing is just outrageous. It’s so good. And really, we’re just both such big fans of the Stephen King book, and it’s going to be a great character.
“I’m so fired up about it. I’m such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.”
Glasgow is no stranger to welcoming film production crews.
In the last few years, multi-million dollar movies including The Batman and Indiana Jones and The Dial Of Destiny have made its streets double for Gotham City and New York.
Thanks to film studios, including FirstStage in Leith and Wardpark in Cumbernauld, streaming services have also been able to make dramas including The Rig and Outlander.
We told how the Scottish film and TV sector is on track to rake in £1billion a year for the economy, in bold new targets set by the industry body.
Screen Scotland believes they will reach a 10-figure turnover by the end of 2030/31 as more and more major productions continue to be made north of the border.
Isabel Davis, Screen Scotland’s executive director, said: “We’re absolutely delighted when a big budget movie franchise comes to Scotland.
“But truly the best thing about this job is seeing an industry as exciting as film or TV, and how it affects the life of every individual from Scotland working on it.
“Whether that’s someone from a taxi driver to a sparky or plasterer, to local talent, with a good old Scottish cast in a series like Department Q.
“That’s when it all starts to feel very real for us.”
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