A trailer has been released for The Long Walk, a movie based on Stephen King's novel The Long Walk, which he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Variety reported that the project will be directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games franchise), and stars Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza). Lionsgate will release The Long Walk in theaters on September 12.
The cast also includes Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton. J.T. Mollner adapted King's book, which was written in 1979.
"Anything that has a contest with death as the stakes and some sort of big prize if you win can be connected in some way," Lawrence told Vanity Fair. "But in The Hunger Games, everybody's competing in a very different kind of way. There are alliances and you are trying to kill one another. Here, you're not actually trying to kill one another. It's a very different dynamic, in terms of relationships.... I thought the opposite. I'm, like, 'I don't want this to feel like The Hunger Games.' "
The Long Walk is produced by Lawrence, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, and Cameron MacConomy. The film is presented by Lionsgate in association with Media Capital Technologies, and is a Vertigo Entertainment production.