Glenn Powell is seen on set for The Running Man for the first time as Edgar Wright's remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic takes over Battersea Power Station

Edgar's Wright's anticipated remake of The Running Man has finally started shooting, three years after it was first announced.

Leading man Glenn Powell has been spotted on set at London's iconic Battersea Power Station, as he takes on the role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1987 action film.

Glenn looked the part, dressed in an eighties-esque ensemble of hoodie layered under a denim shirt and brown jacket for his lead part of Ben Richards.

The production took over the famous London landmark with uniformed guards from the police state setting of the movie seen patrolling outside.  

A masked character was also seen filming takes, as he sprinted around the building, colliding with extras.

British director Wright has taken on the mammoth task of remaking the cult classic action film, based on the novel by Stephen King, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

The film takes place in a dystopian future where a TV show follows criminal 'runners' escaping professional killers.  

Schwarzenegger's original movie is set in a United States between 2017 and 2019. Wright so far has not indicated when his version is set and what his take on the classic movie is although it is reported to stick more to King's original novel.

The novel centered on a desperate man who needs money for his sick daughter, so he joins the popular TV show The Running Man.

The longer a contestant survives, the more money that person makes with Richards soon taking on the show's dark secrets and villainous producers. 

Wright has been attached to the project since 2021 after citing it as the film he would most like to remake.

John Brolin, William H Macy and Wright's Scott Pilgrim lead Michael Cera have also joined the cast. 

Powell spoke out on his part in the project during a summer interview with IndieWire, gushing: 'I'm going to be shooting The Running Man in the fall.

'We've been going back and forth on script stuff, and it's so fun.'

'The world that Edgar's developed on this thing is just outrageous. It's so good. And really, we're just both such big fans of the Stephen King book [the movie is based on], and it's going to be a great character. I'm so fired up about it.' 

The actor has long had Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz director Wright at the top of his dream list of collaborators, as he explained:

'I searched my email, and I searched Edgar Wright in my email, and it came up: I had a wish list of directors that I wanted to work with in 2008 when I moved out to LA that I sent my agent at the time — and Edgar Wright is literally number one.'

'I'm such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.' 

The original movie, directed by Paul Michael Glaser, has gained cult status since its 1987 moderate box office success  and mixed reviews from critics.