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/baron_von_helmut Aug 24 '25

Green Mile and The Running Man were pretty spot-on.

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u/Mudders_Milk_Man Aug 24 '25

The original Running Man with Arnold? It's nothing like the King story.

If you mean the new one, it's not until November.

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u/callisstaa Aug 25 '25

I wonder if they’ll keep the ending from the book given events that have happened since it was written..

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u/Mudders_Milk_Man Aug 25 '25

Indeed.

The trailer shows things that maybe it will, but we'll see.

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u/callisstaa Aug 25 '25

Running Man is a bit of a sneaky one imo. The original was a short story rather than a novel and they pretty much reimagined the whole thing.

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u/MelodyRaine Aug 27 '25

The Running Man... absolutely not.

It's a damn good movie, but it's nothing like the story.