Photos: Stephen King Adaptation “The Long Walk”

The first photos are out from “The Long Walk,” the dystopian horror film directed by “The Hunger Games” alum Francis Lawrence and based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King.

Penned under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman and perceived as a political allegory for the Vietnam War, King’s story is set in future dystopian America in which one hundred teenage boys participate in an annual non-stop walking contest.

The rules are simple: maintain a speed above 4 miles per hour. Receive three warnings in an hour and you’re shot dead. The last one walking gets whatever he wants for the rest of his life.

The story follows a sixteen-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens, some good, some bad, some mysterious, in his orbit. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Lawrence spokke about the inevitable “Hunger Games” comparisons:

“Anything that has a contest with death as the stakes and some sort of big prize if you win can be connected in some way. But in The Hunger Games, everybody’s competing in a very different kind of way. There are alliances and you are trying to kill one another. Here, you’re not actually trying to kill one another. It’s a very different dynamic, in terms of relationships.”

Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Mark Hamill and Judy Greer star in the film which will be released in cinemas on September 12th.

One road. No finish line. How far could you go?

From @StephenKing and Francis Lawrence: #TheLongWalk – in theaters September 12. pic.twitter.com/Nn3VaJChz8

— The Long Walk (@jointhelongwalk) May 6, 2025

First look at the film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘THE LONG WALK’. Starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang & Mark Hamill. Follows 100 young men in a deadly walking contest where stopping means death. #TheLongWalk #StephenKing #FirstLook

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— Every Film Now (@everyfilmnow.bsky.social) May 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM

Source: Vanity Fair

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