Stephen King: The Long Walk: Movie

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The Long Walk Movie

THE LONG WALK movie (IMDB Link) will be produced by New Line Cinema,
with a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (ZODIAC) (IMDB / Wikipedia).
Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence (IMDB / Wikipedia) has signed on to direct.
Previously, the movie rights to the novel were held by Frank Darabont (THE MIST, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) (IMDB / Wikipedia).
Before that, George A. Romero (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) tried to make the movie (IMDB / Wikipedia).
James Vanderbilt wrote the script on spec because he loved the book so much, even though he didn't have the rights to it.
When Frank Darabont's rights expired, James Vanderbilt and his producing partner Bradly Fischer immediately snapped it up.
Stephen King loved his adaptation. It's very close the spirit of the book.
New Line optioned the movie.
André Øvredal (IMDB / Wikipedia) was signed on to direct but has since stepped away as of August 2023.
Shooting locations being considered are Maine, California, Australia and Eastern Europe.
No news about casting or release dates as of July 6, 2019.
The novel has been compared to Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Death Race 2000, Battle Royale, The Condemned and The Running Man, but was written before these.

The novel is an alternate reality set in the late 70s or early 80s where everything is the same except for some alternate history. America is probably a dictatorship, possibly a dystopian but we can't be sure. There has been no movie set in an alternate reality past where everything is pretty much the same except for one small thing. The closest I can think of is Watchmen, Bright, Bright 2, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. To get around this confusion, they might set the movie in the near future as many synopsis say and toss the alternate reality history.

Article News Links:

• 12/14/2015: Who should act in the movie
• 04/25/2018: James Vanerbilt wrote the screenplay
• 05/21/2019: Nobody wanted to make The Long Walk into a movie
• 05/21/2019: It pre-dates Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and Death Race 2000
• 05/21/2019: It will be a coming of age movie like Stand By Me and It
• 06/05/2019: The Long Walk has been trapped in pre-production for a decade
• 06/10/2019: The Long Walk is an allegory for life and a reaction to the Vietnam War
• 06/10/2019: It's about the Long Walk of Life
• 06/14/2019: It will be a very claustrophobic movie
• 06/13/2019: The script is very close to the book
• 06/10/2019: Øvredal may use young actors from his SCARY STORIES movie. Maine may not be a good place to shoot due to weather.
• 11/04/2020 Stephen King's The Long Walk Movie Adaptation Still Moving Forward despite pandemic
• 03/02/2022: Shooting The Long Walk Starts in June
• 11/05/2022: Is Stephen King's The Long Walk Still Becoming A Movie?
• 08/04/2023: Stephen King's The Long Walk Adaptation Gets Discouraging Update
• 10/12/2023: Stephen King's The Long Walk Film Back in the Works at New Line
• 12/23/2023: The Long Walk: Everything We Know About The Stephen King Adaptation

YouTube News Links:

• 05/21/2019: The Horror Show: Richard Bachman's The Long Walk FINALLY Becoming A Movie
• 05/22/2019: 3 Buck Theater: Stephen King's FIRST novel is getting a movie!
• 06/14/2019: MidnightMovieClub: André Øvredal Talks The Long Walk Adaption
• 07/10/2019: The Long Walk Channel: Movie News #1

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• Stephen King (writer)
• André Øvredal (director)
• Frank Darabont (producer)
• James Vanderbilt (screen writer)
• Fan Casting for the movie

Venmo Links: Jon Lemmon auditions for The Long Walk

• Scene 1: Helping Olson get up the hill
• Scene 2: Denying he saved Olson's life
• Scene 3: Threatening the soldiers
• Scene 4: Nobody wins

Who I would cast in The Long Walk movie