| The Long Walk | |
| Director: | Francis Lawrence |
| Screenplay: | JT Mollner |
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| Distributor: | Lionsgate |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Long Walk is an upcoming American dystopian horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King.
In 1988, George A. Romero was considered to direct the film adaptation, but it never came to fruition.[1] By 2007, Frank Darabont had secured the rights to the film adaptation of the novel.[2] He said that he would "get to it one day". He planned to make it low-budget, "weird, existential, and very self contained".[3] In April 2018, New Line Cinema was set to adapt a film based on the novel, with James Vanderbilt attached to write and produce the film along with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak through their Mythology Entertainment banner.[4] In May 2019, it was announced that André Øvredal would direct the adaptation.[5] However, in November 2023, Øvredal was no longer directing the adaptation and Francis Lawrence was announced to replace Øvredal as director. The rights for the adaptation were moved to Lionsgate after the rights lapsed from New Line.[6] On June 10, 2024, Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson entered negotiations to star in the adaptation.[7] The next month, Hoffman and Jonsson were confirmed to join the cast, alongside Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Roman Griffin Davis, Mark Hamill, and Judy Greer.[8] [9]
Principal photography began on July 24, 2024, in Winnipeg, and it is expected to wrap on September 12.[10]