Glen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’
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Glen Powell opens up in a new Esquire cover story about 'The Running Man' flopping at the box office and his disinterest in talking politics.
  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    327·
    16 days ago

    I don’t know why it flopped. It was a fun movie with good action and scenario. Better than the old one IMHO.

  • roofuskitEnglish
    184·
    16 days ago

    That movie was a lot of nothing. It made almost no impression on me whatsoever.

    • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      16 days ago

      Yeah, I think it might be because I had such a special place in my heart for the original, nothing in the new one had the impact of getting to the rebel camp and seeing freaking Mick Fleetwood

      • reddig33English
        5·
        16 days ago

        I enjoyed seeing Richard Dawson ham it up in the first one.

        The book was much more enjoyable than the two movies. I think the most recent movie would have worked better as a streaming series.

        As far as the Paramount marketing department, I don’t expect it to improve at all under the recent merger.

  • mikenurreEnglish
    13·
    16 days ago

    Mario 2, Running Man reboot, Twister sequel, Top Gun 2… I dunno, maybe work on an original project?

    • keyezEnglish
      7·
      16 days ago

      He has, he co wrote Hit Man and he was fantastic in that movie.

    • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      16 days ago

      I really liked him in Twisters. That movie actually subverted a lot of my expectations, but I really had no idea what to expect going into it.

      Running man was way better than it should have been, like enjoyable even though it was kinda mid

      • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        16 days ago

        Probably one of my favorite comeback flicks. Among my friends at the time, Kevin Bacon was a household name after Tremors —and most of us looked up his earlier stuff, too.

        In fact, if it weren’t for that classic, I don’t imagine Bacon’s career would’ve survived long enough to be greenlit for the lore arc in Guardians. Hell, I’m gonna watch it tonight. Thanks! 🤘🏼

        • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          Tremors, and to a smaller degree Twister, are cemented in my childhood. Watching tremors now, it kind of surprises me that it was my favorite movie when I was 6… I think maybe it was in the perfect spot between scary and silly cause I thought it was the coolest thing.

          And now that I’m thinking about it, I was into jaws and Godzilla around the same time. Just now realizing I might like monster movies lmao. They just don’t make them like they used to!