For long -standing Stephen King fans, “the film version of The long walk It is coming ”may seem like a screen screen – and familiar, in that. The novel of the King of 1979 (written under his Pseudonym of Richard Bachman) He has headed for the theoretical production of cinema since 1988, when Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero According to reports it was attached to direct.
Frank Darabont, King’s fan and director (director of Shawshank’s redemption, Green mileAND Fog) held to the rights for decadespromising that in the end he would make the film. News that the longtime manufacturer of Stephen King Roy Lee (the It films) had purchased the rights and that Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games Movies) would direct The long walk He seemed promising, however. And now the film finally has a trailer and a release date, strongly implying that this time it could actually happen.
The long journey a The long walk It is infinitely surprising: at the surface level, it looks like one of Stephen King’s most eminently eminent horror stories. In a dystopian America, a race is held every year in which 100 teenagers put together, accompanied by a military escort. Anyone who goes below a certain speed gets three warnings before being hit in the head. The long walk continues until there is only one survivor, who gets everything he wants. And this is the whole story. It seems simple, but it is one of the most beautiful and nuanced books of King, with most of the story that is happening in the interactions of the character between the condemned boys and the possible winner. Here is the summary of Lionsgate’s film:
From the highly anticipated adaptation of the first novel by the commander of Maestro Stephen King, and by Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of the films in franchising Hunger Games (capturing fire, Mockingjay-pts. 1 and 2, and the ballad of singing birds and snakes that could be challenged?
Cooper Hoffman (Saturday evening, Licorice pizza) The stars like Ray Garraty-Un interesting casting, because while at the age of 22 it seems too old to play sixteen year old Garraty, he proved to be a young fantastic actor and nuanced for a variety of projects. The cast also includes Mark Hamill as the major, the mysterious military leader behind the long walk, Charlie Plummer (King Jack) as an intolerable sheet Gary Barkovitch and David Jonsson (Broken Android Andy from Alien: Romulus) like Garraty’s friend Peter Mcvries. Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick and Josh Hamilton complete the cast in the foreground. Judy Greer also plays a role in the film, like Garraty’s mother.
The long walk It will be in cinemas on September 12th.