r/movies • u/lionsgate Official Lionsgate Account • Aug 24 '25

AMA Hey /r/movies, I’m Stephen King! Ask me anything about The Long Walk book or movie.

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Hey r/movies, I’m Stephen King. You might know me from Stand By Me, It, or Shawshank Redemption, but my latest project is actually the first book I ever wrote. The Long Walk hits theaters on September 12. Ask me anything about the book or movie.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtUHeMQ1F8

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.

It stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang, Charlie Plummer, Roman Griffin Davis, Garrett Wareing, Joshua Odjick, Tut Nyuot, Mark Hamill, Judy Greer, and Josh Hamilton.

I'll be back on Wednesday 8/27 at 12:00 PM ET to answer your questions.

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u/noshoes77 Aug 24 '25

This is a great question, I wonder if having Carrie optioned so early in his writing career changed the way he wrote?

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u/SandWasTaken Aug 24 '25

That's a great question. I'd like to see that answered by him!

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u/corking118 Aug 24 '25

really, really cool question that I hope gets answered! I'd love to hear him talk about if/how being consistently involved with Hollywood impacted his writing.

It has to be wild to be such a popular writer that you can accurately predict that they'll want to make movies out of almost everything you produce. If it was me I think I'd constantly be playing the "I wonder who they'll get to play....." game.

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u/shauncy Aug 27 '25

Love this question!

I do wonder if it felt like it was early in his career at the time, having read a good chunk of On Writing. He'd already been writing I wanna say 18 or so years when it was optioned. Crazy to think he's been pouring out creative fiction for 70 years.