Thrilling Trailer For The Runner Revealed [EXCLUSIVE]
Screen Rant can exclusively present the trailer for the upcoming action thriller The Runner, which will be released in theaters on August 19 and through digital and On Demand August 23. The Saban Films production, which was directed by renowned acting coach Michelle Danner and written by Jason Chase Tyrrell, stars up-and-comer Edouard Philipponnat as a high school drug dealer with a lot on his plate.
Philipponnat (who recently turned heads in House of Gucci) plays Aiden, a student with a booming drug business who seemingly has it all. But he stands to lose everything from his cash and car to his girlfriend and his freedom once his mother turns him over to the police. Detective Wall (Cameron Douglas) makes Aiden an offer he can't refuse: set up the dangerous dealer known as Local Legend (Eric Balfour, from The Offer and Six Feet Under) or be tried as an adult and go to prison.
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In Screen Rant's exclusive first look at thetrailer for The Runner, viewers see Aiden living up to his name and running from the police before being cut off by a cop car. A montage of the life Aiden has been living is juxtaposed against the impossible deal Detective Wall wants to make, showcasing how high the stakes are for him. Catch the complete trailer from Saban Films below:
(Watch the full trailer on YouTube.)
Philipponnat, Douglas, and Balfour clearly make up the crux of the action-packed crime thriller aspect of The Runner, but the talented ensemble cast also includes characters important to Aiden's personal life. Jessica Amlee, Kerri Medders (SEAL Team), Nadji Jeter (Spider-Man: Miles Morales), and Larissa Dias also star in the film — with director Michelle Danner herself making an
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