Last updated on September 27th, 2025 at 05:07 am
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From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mocking Jay – Pts. 1&2 , and The Ballad of the Songbirds & Snakes), comes THE LONG WALK, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?
Directed by Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Slumberland).
Adapted by JT Mollner (Strange Darling).
André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Last Voyage of the Demeter) was previously attached to direct.
No relation to the Laos supernatural fantasy with the same name.
Based on the 1979 novel with the same name by Stephen King, under his pseudonym Richard Bachman.
Lionsgate released The Long Walk in Theaters on September 12, 2025.
Director: Francis Lawrence
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