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The Long Walk (2025 film)
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The Long Walk is an upcoming American dystopian horror thriller film co-produced and directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill.
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The Long Walk is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate on September 12, 2025.
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Premise
In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, a group of young men enter an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a speed of at least three miles per hour or risk execution. The contest ends when only one walker remains alive.
Cast
The Walkers
- Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty (#47)[2]
- David Jonsson as Peter McVries (#23)[2]
- Garrett Wareing as Stebbins (#38)[2]
- Joshua Odjick as Collie Parker (#48)[2]
- Tut Nyuot as Arthur Baker (#6)[2]
- Charlie Plummer as Gary Barkovitch (#5)[2]
- Ben Wang as Hank Olson (#46)[2]
- Roman Griffin Davis as Thomas Curley (#7)[3]
- Jordan Gonzalez as Richard Harkness (#49)[2]
- Noah de Mel as Ewing (#1)
- Daymon Wrightly as Rank (#19)
- Jack Giffin as Ronald (#45)
- Thamela Mpumlwana as Pearson (#8)
- Keenan Lehmann as Larson (#14)
- Dale Neri as Percy Grimes (#31)
- Teagan Stark as Patrick Smith (#4)
- Sam Clark as Tressler (#24)
- Emmanuel Oderemi as Zuck (#50)
Other
- Mark Hamill as The Major[2]
- Judy Greer as Mrs. Garraty[2]
- Josh Hamilton as Mr. Garraty
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Production
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In 1988, George A. Romero was considered to direct the film adaptation, but it never came to fruition.[4] By 2007, Frank Darabont had secured the rights to the film adaptation of the novel.[5] He said that he would "get to it one day". He planned to make it low-budget and stated, "It'll be weird, existential and very contained".[6] 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.[7] In May 2019, it was announced that André Øvredal would direct the adaptation.[8]
By November 2023, the film was to be produced by Lionsgate Films with Francis Lawrence directing from a screenplay by JT Mollner.[9] On June 10, 2024, Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson joined the cast.[10] On taking the part of a young character who lost a father like Hoffman had himself, Hoffman said: "When your trauma is on display for the world, there’s no actually hiding it. I’m like, I might as well talk about it, or, I might as well put it into something. Because if I keep hiding it and running from it, that’s not fair to anyone else who has gone through that. I’m here to display this person and this experience as honestly as I can, and hopefully someone else watches it and goes, he sees me, he understands me. And that’s, in my opinion, the only reason to do any sort of art."[11] The next month, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Izabella Raven, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Roman Griffin Davis, Mark Hamill, and Judy Greer joined the cast.[12][13]
Principal photography began on July 24, 2024, in Winnipeg, and was expected to wrap by September 12.[12][14]
Jeremiah Fraites had composed the score for the film by March 2025.[15]
Release
The Long Walk is scheduled to be released on September 12, 2025, by Lionsgate.[16]
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