Following his return to the Hunger Games franchise for the recently released The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, director Francis Lawrence has finally found his next major feature in the form of Stephen King’s The Long Walk novel.After over four decades since The Long Walk was first published, King’s dystopian horror novel is finally getting a big screen adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has officially acquired the rights to the long-delayed project, which was originally set up at New Line Cinema in 2018. Lawrence has entered final negotiations to direct and produce The Long Walk movie, which will serve as his latest collaboration with Lionsgate. In addition, JT Mollner has also been tapped to pen the film adaptation, with Roy Lee attached as a producer.The Long Walk was published in 1979 under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Even though 1974’s Carrie was the horror icon’s first published novel, The Long Walk was actually the first novel that King wrote during his early years in college. The story takes place in a dystopian America, where a hundred teenage boys are selected to participate in the country’s annual contest as a form of entertainment. Participants will be walking without rest along U.S. Route 1, which is considered as the longest north-south road in the United States. The grueling contest only requires one winner, who must outlive the other 99 boys and survive the game’s strict rules.
Following his return to the Hunger Games franchise for the recently released The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, director Francis Lawrence has finally found his next major feature in the form of Stephen King’s The Long Walk novel.
After over four decades since The Long Walk was first published, King’s dystopian horror novel is finally getting a big screen adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has officially acquired the rights to the long-delayed project, which was originally set up at New Line Cinema in 2018. Lawrence has entered final negotiations to direct and produce The Long Walk movie, which will serve as his latest collaboration with Lionsgate. In addition, JT Mollner has also been tapped to pen the film adaptation, with Roy Lee attached as a producer.
The Long Walk was published in 1979 under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Even though 1974’s Carrie was the horror icon’s first published novel, The Long Walk was actually the first novel that King wrote during his early years in college. The story takes place in a dystopian America, where a hundred teenage boys are selected to participate in the country’s annual contest as a form of entertainment. Participants will be walking without rest along U.S. Route 1, which is considered as the longest north-south road in the United States. The grueling contest only requires one winner, who must outlive the other 99 boys and survive the game’s strict rules.
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