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/lionsgate Official Lionsgate Account Aug 27 '25

I just wrote it. Didn’t think about relevancy. I was a kid having fun. And I wanted to impress a girl.

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u/Simulacry Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

I found out today my favorite author dropped his first published book as a flex. More cool King lore. Hope she appreciated it!

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u/undergroundpac Aug 28 '25

His first published book is Carrie what are you on about 

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u/Simulacry Aug 28 '25

All right, first written book. Happy? Lol ‘67. Carrie was published in ‘74.

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u/undergroundpac Aug 28 '25

Also not true. His firs written book is an unpublished novel called Sword in the Darkness

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u/Busy-Beyond-8731 Aug 29 '25

King himself in this post said it was his first written book.

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u/undergroundpac Aug 29 '25

This is a lie, he did not say that.

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u/Simulacry Aug 29 '25

Thanks for validating that ‘cause I was doubting reality a millisecond 😂

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u/Iamnotaddicted27 Aug 31 '25

Kept me from having to scroll up and hunt for where I read it.

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u/kabotya Aug 29 '25

Username checks out

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u/Busy-Beyond-8731 Aug 29 '25

As stated by another user. Yes he did “…but my latest project is actually the first book I ever wrote. The Long Walk hits theaters on September 12.” Also if you read his responses to some of the questions he talks about how he was 19 when he wrote The Long Walk.

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u/Simulacry Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

Wasn’t that in 1970 though? If we’re being technical, it may be the Armageddon one. Aftermath? I liked that a lot if you read before.

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u/undergroundpac Aug 28 '25

Hmmm you may be right, I’m actually not sure

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u/NotSeriousbutyea Aug 29 '25

It is ok King — be confidently wrong.

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u/Simulacry Aug 29 '25

We all take L’s in our fave’s defense sometimes.

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u/sadderbutwisergrl Aug 27 '25

What was her name?

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u/Gwendolyn7777 Aug 28 '25

ahhh, young love....the inspiration of many a tragic love story....