THE LONG WALK Trailer Reaction - This Stephen King Movie Will Be Insane! - CinemaCon 2025

During the Lionsgate presentation at CinemaCon, director Francis Lawrence came out to present the first trailer for his upcoming film The Long Walk, which is based on Stephen King’s nightmarish jacked-up story!We were there to watch the trailer and this movie looks incredible and horrific. This one one of my favorite King stories and it looks like this movie will do it justice. The movie stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill.The Long Walk takes place in the future “in which 100 teenage boys embark on an annual competition known as ‘The Long Walk.’ The rules are simple: maintain a speed above four 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. Under these grim circumstances the boys develop deep friendships despite knowing that each of their friends’ survival is a threat to their own.”This story is absolutely brutal and I’ve been wondering if they will tone it down for the movie, but it sounds like the creative team is going all out on this one. During a prevoius interview, the film’s writer, JT Mollner, teased that this movie is going to go hardcore as the creative team made an effort to capture the darkness of King’s book. Mollner said: “The great thing about this is that Francis, this is a true... I mean, it's not a low budget movie, but it's not as big of a budget as he normally works on with big franchises like the Hunger Games and stuff. “So this is a true passion project for him. He wanted to do it the right way, a faithful way. And he knew that meant it was gonna be a very hardcore, disturbing and somewhat controversial movie. “And that's the movie I was interested in writing. Stephen King also was very committed and determined for Francis to make a rated R film, one that honored the book and stayed true to the book.”He continued: “We didn't really pull any punches. Most of the stuff that you remember being tough to take in the book still exists. And there are some tweaks made to update it that I think are smart… But I'm very happy with the adaptation as a Stephen King fan. “I'm really happy with what we did with it. And even the studio notes that came in and, and the feedback from everybody, everybody was on the same page as far as staying true to the brutality and the seriousness of the book.”I’m happy to hear that this film adaptation will be true to the book and that the creative team isn’t going to shy away from some of the brutal content and subject matter.

Apr 2, 2025 - 18:11

THE LONG WALK Trailer Reaction - This Stephen King Movie Will Be Insane! - CinemaCon 2025

During the Lionsgate presentation at CinemaCon, director Francis Lawrence came out to present the first trailer for his upcoming film The Long Walk, which is based on Stephen King’s nightmarish jacked-up story!

We were there to watch the trailer and this movie looks incredible and horrific. This one one of my favorite King stories and it looks like this movie will do it justice.

The movie stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill.

The Long Walk takes place in the future “in which 100 teenage boys embark on an annual competition known as ‘The Long Walk.’ The rules are simple: maintain a speed above four 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. Under these grim circumstances the boys develop deep friendships despite knowing that each of their friends’ survival is a threat to their own.”

This story is absolutely brutal and I’ve been wondering if they will tone it down for the movie, but it sounds like the creative team is going all out on this one.

During a prevoius interview, the film’s writer, JT Mollner, teased that this movie is going to go hardcore as the creative team made an effort to capture the darkness of King’s book.

Mollner said: “The great thing about this is that Francis, this is a true... I mean, it's not a low budget movie, but it's not as big of a budget as he normally works on with big franchises like the Hunger Games and stuff.

“So this is a true passion project for him. He wanted to do it the right way, a faithful way. And he knew that meant it was gonna be a very hardcore, disturbing and somewhat controversial movie.

“And that's the movie I was interested in writing. Stephen King also was very committed and determined for Francis to make a rated R film, one that honored the book and stayed true to the book.”

He continued: “We didn't really pull any punches. Most of the stuff that you remember being tough to take in the book still exists. And there are some tweaks made to update it that I think are smart… But I'm very happy with the adaptation as a Stephen King fan.

“I'm really happy with what we did with it. And even the studio notes that came in and, and the feedback from everybody, everybody was on the same page as far as staying true to the brutality and the seriousness of the book.”

I’m happy to hear that this film adaptation will be true to the book and that the creative team isn’t going to shy away from some of the brutal content and subject matter.