
T he episode culminates with a discussion centering on the recently released Quibi series Most Dangerous Game starring Liam Hemsworth as Dodge Maynard, a track star and a real estate investor with a brain tumor who is offered an absurd financial opportunity from a rich CEO named Miles Sellers (Christopher Waltz) if he agrees to let himself be hunted.

Dickerson and stars Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, and Gary Busey. Further exhibiting the allure and timelessness of Connell’s story, the hosts examine the innovative 1994 remake Surviving the Game which was directed by Ernest R. Launching into the discussion with an examination of the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks, Michael and Christian dissect what is so compelling about a story which combines psychological savagery with enthralling action. The renowned tale features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. I n this episode of Welcome To The Party Pal, host Michael Shields, with the help of film historian Christian Niedan, explore the numerous adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” (also published as “The Hounds of Zaroff”). The film was released in theaters and on digital platforms on August 5, 2022.Welcome To The Party Pal (Osiris Media) celebrates the many adaptations of Richard Connell’s captivating short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” from the 1932 RKO Studios adaptation, to 1994’s Surviving the Game with Ice-T, to the recently released Quibi series starring Liam Hemsworth and Christopher Waltz… The film was shot in the Koenig Pictures backlot in the Pacific Northwest in November 2021.


It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, which is based on the 1924 short story by Richard Connell. The Most Dangerous Game is an American thriller film written and directed by Justin Lee and starring Tom Berenger, Judd Nelson, Bruce Dern, Casper Van Dien and Chris "CT" Tamburello.
