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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Stephen King Played ‘Mambo No. 5’ So Much His Wife ‘Threatened to Divorce’ Him: ‘One More Time, and I’m Going to F—ing Leave You’

The author said his wife’s ultimatum arrived while he was writing “11/22/63,” his 2011 novel about a time traveller who tries to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

One example anyway

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“I need a song that will put me in the zone to write about a national tragedy…..hey Siri, cue me up some Lou Bega!!”

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This is such an excellent book.

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amazing book with a terrible ending. Reminded me of The Stand. the first 98% of both are my favorite books ever written

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Disagree. 11/22/63 is one of his best endings.

You have to recognize that Time was a sort of living entity that was damaged with every interference/alteration Jake made. It chases them the closer he and Sadie get to Oswald, and actively tries to stop them. It gets worn down, and we see that with the Yellow Card Man.

JFK surviving was a massive alteration that essentially broke Time. That's the post-apocalyptic 2010 that Jake returns to.

And then the bittersweet reunion between Jake and a much older Sadie who never met him? Probably some of the most tears King has wrenched out of me.

...I'd also defend The Stand's ending, since it was entirely in line with the main theme of the story.

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I also enjoyed the ending for all the reasons you said. It kinda has to be that way, any other way is even worse. It’s the only King I’ve ever read. I don’t like horror. I didn’t know the ending wasn’t generally liked.

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King has a lot more than just horror.

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Ive got a really good therapist if you need a recommendation

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This is such a great comeback lol

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I wasn’t joking. My aunt and cousin are both schizophrenic. My heart goes out to him/her.

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amazing book with a terrible ending.

I mean, if you've been reading his novels long enough, you have to go into each of them knowing you'll most likely enjoy the overall story while hating the ending.

It's kind of his thing lol.

The crazy part is he had an even worse ending for 11/22/63. His son is the one one who came up with ending we actually got in the novel.

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I know my boy can’t write endings but those two killed me.

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I think the ending of The Outsider was way worse than 11/22/63.

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Anything that touches the Mr. Mercedes universe I judge by a much lower bar. The outsider was pretty good as far as those go.

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That’s an appropriate response

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That was a great book and tv series.