The show "Running Man" we will look at smartphones

Long-time friends and Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon want to produce the new TV show “The Runner” (The Runner). Unfortunately, there will not be a colorful dismemberment and hunting for people with chainsaws in it: the main character of the game’s plot will have to cross the country in 30 days while the rest of the participants and all the spectators will try to figure out and capture it.

Another feature of the show will be the fact that you can only watch it on mobile devices using the go90 app . This application from Verizone’s mobile provider provides access to the provider’s video archive. At the same time, the fee for watching videos from this archive is not charged to users of the mobile Internet.

Affleck and Damon will be producing through their company Pearl Street Films. Adaptive Studios will also take part in the project, with which the couple have already collaborated on the set of the reality show Project Greenlight , in which the beginning filmmakers participated.
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The idea of ​​the show is not new (even if not to take into account Stephen King’s novel The Running Man and his film adaptation) - it was sold to ABC back in 2000. But then the idea of ​​"hunting" for a person in an entertainment show was rejected because of the attacks of September 11.

His further path was not easy either - in 2005, it was bought by Yahoo, spent on development for many years, and then rejected the project together with others, closing the service Yahoo Screen . Already after this, Verizon decided to film it as part of advertising its video service.

The creators of the show and representatives of Verizon are confident in the success of both the show itself and the new format of presenting the material exclusively using mobile devices. Date of the premiere of the show has not yet announced.