Lionsgate has begun production on The Long Walk, an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel which will be directed by The Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence, and the film has added seven young actors to its ensemble cast along with veterans Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Judy Greer (Jurassic World). Featuring in the film will be Garrett Wareing […]
Francis Lawrence to direct Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk
Out on the promotional rounds for his latest film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes [read our review here], director Francis Lawrence has confirmed to Business Insider that he’s now attached to the long-gestating feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk. Based on King’s 1979 novel, published under his Richard […]
Andre Ovredal to direct Stephen King’s The Long Walk
Last year it was announced that New Line Cinema had picked up the movie rights to Stephen King’s 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk, and now comes word that the project has found itself a director. Variety reports that Andre Ovredal, the director behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the hotly-anticipated upcoming Scary […]
Feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk in development
It looks like we can add another Stephen King adaptation – or in this case, Richard Bachman – to the ever growing list, with THR reporting that New Line Cinema has tapped James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man) to pen a feature film version of the 1979 novel The Long Walk. Set in a dystopian America, The […]
