When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: Lionsagate<\/p>\n There\u2019s a slew of upcoming Stephen King<\/u><\/a> projects heading to the 2025 release schedule<\/u><\/a>. The one I thought I was most excited for was the tonally intriguing Edgar Wright movie The Running Man with Glen Powell (and Michael Cera wreaking havoc with a water gun<\/u><\/a> in the trailer). That all changed when I caught the trailer for The Long Walk. I honestly can\u2019t get through it without losing my s\u2013t, and I\u2019m terrified of what\u2019s coming when the movie hits the big screen.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve seen The Long Walk<\/u> trailer<\/u><\/a> three times now. Once, I screened it early while sitting next to a slew of journalists at Lionsgate\u2019s CinemaCon 2025 presentation<\/u><\/a>. Despite the professional setting, I cried. Once, I saw it ahead of a viewing of F1 and once I\u2019ve now watched it on my computer. Every single time I\u2019ve had a visceral reaction to the material. My eyes well up, yet I can\u2019t tear them away from the screen. My stomach churns and my legs feel like jelly. I am literally horrified, and yet feel glued to my seat at the same time. If that was the intention, the movie has already succeeded.<\/p>\n The Long Walk follows a group of kids all walking an indeterminate distance for life-changing prize money. Only there\u2019s one hitch: if you fall behind, you die. We\u2019ve seen a scene where all of the kids walking seem to be spurring one another on. However, one young man is falling behind. A crack of a gun is heard. There\u2019s another moment when one young man\u2019s shoe comes loose and he’s struggling to get it back on before things take a serious turn.<\/p>\n Every time I see the loose shoe, I\u2019m internally screaming, \u2018Get up! Get up!\u2019 I’ve even dreamt about it. I’ve seen sub-five minutes of this movie so far, and I already feel scarred for life.<\/p>\n Credit: Lionsgate<\/p>\n The development of the flick has been a long time coming. We\u2019ve previously explored the history of the film coming together in our The Long Walk<\/u> guide<\/u><\/a>, and various voices involved have explained how this movie felt insurmountable and completely unmakeable for years. At one point in the \u201880s, George Romero was reportedly attached. Frank Darabont held the rights for a while. Andr\u00e9 \u00d8vredal was supposed to make it in 2019, but the project was dropped and we weren’t bullish it would ever move forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fifteen years ago or so, dystopian fiction also came to the forefront with content like The Walking Dead, The Hunger Games and even popular projects like Divergent. Still, The Long Walk was not made.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve covered this tale before on CinemaBlend. How part of the problem seems to have been simply making a movie about kids trudging on and on for days. How part of the problem was the subject material, as JT Pollner, who wrote the movie, has called it \u201cdisturbing and somewhat controversial.\u201d<\/u><\/a> How another problem with The Long Walk was simply how much walking the cast had to do to actually film the movie. The cast told us that in order to have comparable scenery, they\u2019d walk one route over and over at \u00be of a mile per take.<\/p>\n Whomever was in charge of continuity in this movie, I salute you. But I also salute the young men, who confirmed they walked over 300 miles during the making of <\/u>The Long Walk<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n I mentioned how this flick has really been sticking with me to my co-worker Eric Eisenberg, who also happens to be CinemaBlend\u2019s Stephen King expert<\/u><\/a>. This means that, yes, he\u2019s read the 1979 source material the movie will be based on, and he told me even he\u2019s \u201cflabbergasted\u201d <\/u>The Long Walk<\/u> got made<\/u><\/a>. I haven\u2019t read the book, and I don\u2019t know its ending, but I get the impression I\u2019m going to have a real gut-punch coming.<\/p>\n Plus, it strikes me that if I\u2019m that emotional this early in, there\u2019s only going to be more toil to come. If I can\u2019t even handle three minutes of this film, how am I supposed to get through the film\u2019s 108-minute runtime?<\/p>\n I\u2019d say bring it on, Stephen King, but honestly, I\u2019m too traumatized to confidently do that. The Long Walk will be here to ruin our days on September 12th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Lionsagate There\u2019s a slew of upcoming Stephen King projects heading to the 2025 release schedule. 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The Long Walk Trailer Has Wrecked Me Repeatedly Now.<\/h2>\n
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The Long Walk Source Material Is So Tough It Took A Long Time For The Movie To Get Made<\/h2>\n