Actor Sean Hayes is set to get busy in 2025 as he has signed two projects back-to-back: Paramount's The Running Man and Searchlight's Is This Thing On.
Hayes, according to Deadline, will first finish his commitments in The Running Man and then join the sets of Is This Thing On. The actor will be joining the Glen Powell-led film that also stars Daniel Ezra, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Josh Brolin, Karl Glusman, Katy O’Brian, Emilia Jones and Emilia Jones.
The Running Man, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, is set in a dystopian future where the US government controls the media. The film follows Ben Richards (Powell), who volunteers to join a deadly game show where he has to run from deadly professional killers for 30 days to win a cash prize that will help him out of his poor living situation and save his ill child.
The film, directed by Edgar Wright, is written by Wright along with Michael Bacall. The Running Man is produced by Wright, Nira Park and Simon Kinberg under the banners Genre Films and Complete Fiction.