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The rest of us normal people have to wait a couple of weeks before we get a chance to see Edgar Wright\u2019s new adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s The Running Man<\/a>. This seems especially unfair because it feels like everybody else has already seen it. Stephen King has seen it<\/a>. Arnold Schwarzenegger has seen it. Now it turns out a bunch of high-profile directors have also seen it.<\/p>\n According to World of Reel,<\/a> a special screening of The Running Man was held on the Paramount lot last week, and it contained a who\u2019s who of A-list directors, including Taika Waititi, Jordan Peele, Ti West, Joseph Kosinski, Barry Jenkins, J.T. Mollner, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Joe Dante, and Walter Hill. At least one of those directors has confirmed seeing the film, as Phl Lord tweeted<\/a> about the movie saying\u2026<\/p>\n So proud of our lovely friend Edgar and his latest picture #RunningMan full of originality and heart and surprises not the least of which is how essential its ideas are. Laughed with delight all the way through and was carried by its brawny punk rock brains in the final act.<\/p>\n Lord also complimented star Glen Powell<\/a>, saying he \u201ctears it up\u201d and calling him \u201cHollywood\u2019s hardest working mensch.\u201d There\u2019s certainly no hedging in this post. Lord clearly loved The Running Man, and while most of the rest of the crowd that allegedly saw the movie haven\u2019t posted publicly, it\u2019s a safe bet they have similar feelings, considering it seems everybody seems to love it.<\/p>\n The fact that Paramount made a point of showing the film to so many top-notch directors would seem to indicate a certain amount of confidence in the final product.<\/p>\n Lord\u2019s comments echo those of other big names who have seen the film. Glen Powell recently revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger called the movie \u201cincredible.\u201d<\/a> Stephen King saw it and called it \u201cfantastic\u201d and \u201cDie Hard for our time.\u201d King, especially, will be honest when he doesn’t love an adaptation of his work<\/a>. Those are two voices that carry a lot of weight. Their endorsements will mean a lot to both fans of the original novel as well as the original adaptation.<\/p>\n