The Long Walk - trailer - 12 September

The Long Walk – trailer – lands in UK cinemas September 12

The Long Walk – trailer

A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as “The Long Walk,” where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot.

Director – Francis Lawrence

Writer – JT Millner – Stephen King

Stars – Garrett Wareing – Mark Hamill – Judy Greer

From Stephen Kings official site: In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple – maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you’re out – permanently.—marcusoft-net

The master of literary horror will soon be returning to the big screen once again, and Stephen King’s underrated novel The Long Walk is finally getting a feature film adaptation.

Penned under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979, The Long Walk was King’s first stab at dystopian fiction and was something of a departure from the usual small-town monsters and ghouls that typically populate his works