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Lionsgate is offering a movie experience unlike any other with its upcoming film The Long Walk. For a special screening, fans will have to walk on a treadmill at a speed of at least three miles per hour for the entire movie.

If you stop, you’ll be escorted out of the theater and you can’t watch the rest of the film, the source said, making the event an intense, immersive experience.

Lionsgate is holding a screening of ‘The Long Walk’ where you need to walk on a treadmill faster than 3Mph for the whole movie

If you stop, you’ll be escorted out of the theater and you...

Lionsgate is taking movie screenings to a whole new level with its upcoming film The Long Walk. For a special event, theatergoers will need to walk on a treadmill at a speed faster than three miles per hour for the entire duration of the movie.

If someone slows down or stops, they will be asked to leave and will not be allowed to watch the rest of the film.

Lionsgate is holding a screening of ‘The Long Walk’ where you need to walk on a treadmill faster than 3Mph for the whole movie

If you stop, you’ll be escorted out of the theater and you can’t watch the rest of the film pic.

Beyond Fest will host a special screening of The Long Walk at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on September 8 at 8pm.

Several cast and crew members — including stars Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Ben Wang, Judy Greer, and more — are expected to attend for a post-screening Q&a moderated by Beyond Fest’s Christian Parkes.

Run, don’t walk, to American Cinematheque to secure your tickets today at 3pm Pt.

“We’re thrilled to welcome the stars of The Long Walk to Beyond Fest,” said head of programming Evrim Ersoy. “Francis Lawrence has made an extraordinary and faithful adaptation of the first book Stephen King ever wrote,...

September brings a packed slate of franchise fare, literary adaptations, and long awaited returns to beloved worlds. The month moves from supernatural chills to prestige period drama, from a legendary mockumentary reunion to a Stephen King survival saga, with a few original thrillers and an IMAX event rounding things out.

Below you will find the key details for each title along with added background on the worlds, creators, and source material behind them. Dates refer to theatrical releases in September, so you can plan your cinema trips with confidence and keep an eye on formats like IMAX where noted.

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Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), and Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends) form the Four Musketeers in a new clip from The Long Walk.

Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, the film walks into theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 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.

Francis Lawrence directs from a script by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling).

Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer...

The average human heart rate is 70-80 beats per minute, but The Long Walk pushed viewers’ heart rates over 200 beats per minute — the equivalent of a fighter pilot’s body under 9Gs of force.

How far could you go? Find out in the featurette below, where you can also see a new poster.

Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, the film walks into theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) stars as Raymond Garraty, a teenager who takes part in an annual contest in which 50 participants must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence directs from a script...

The most wonderful time of the year has finally arrived: Halloween season is officially here! And that means it’s also time for Bloody Disgusting’s 2025 Fall Horror Preview, presented by Spirit Halloween!

The telltale signs are everywhere, from the weather to the return of haunted attractions, pumpkin spice-flavored treats, and beyond. Then, of course, there’s all the horror. This Halloween season brings an overwhelming slate of horror releases packed into September and October to ensure maximum fright for the holiest of horror holidays. The horror doesn’t stop there, either; we’re looking beyond Halloween and into the rest of 2025.

It’s no surprise that this year offers...

The producer for The Long Walk teases elements that were changed for the book adaptation. The upcoming dystopian thriller is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, though the author published it under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Though it was not released until 1979, The Long Walk was actually the first novel King ever wrote.

The book focuses on a group of teenage boys who participate in a competition in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or risk being shot. Several adaptations of The Long Walk have been floated over the years, but none have come to fruition until this 2025 version by Francis Lawrence. This version's cast includes Cooper Hoffman,...

Stephen King is a master wordsmith, with a natural knack for creating worlds and universes filled with supernatural entities and sinister characters. But — at the heart of his stories — King’s primary focus is humanity as a whole, for better and for worse. There’s a deep appreciation for cinematic adaptations like It and Pet Sematary, but works about the human experience — such as Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck— are praise-worthy as well. Over the next few days, Peacock subscribers are going to want to run to the streamer before time runs out on one of these heart-felt adaptations ahead of The Shawshank Redemption’s departure from the...

The Long Walk First Screening Shocks Audiences With 200+ Heart Rates(Photo Credit –Facebook)

2025 has been an exciting year so far for horror fans. It began with Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed period film Sinners, followed by the unsettling psychological horror Bring Her Back and the supernatural thriller Final Destination: Bloodlines. Danny Boyle returned with his post-apocalyptic zombie sequel 28 Years Later, and most recently, Zach Cregger delivered Weapons. And the year is far from over.

Now, an upcoming film called The Long Walk is making waves among horror enthusiasts. At its first screening, the film reportedly disturbed audiences so much that their heart rates spiked to unusually high numbers. The makers...

Stephen King’s chilling novel is finally set to make its way to the big screen in 2025. The Hunger Games’ director, Francis Lawrence, is at the helm of this dystopian thriller, titled The Long Walk, which follows a group of teenage boys who participate in a merciless annual contest where they must maintain a walking pace of three miles per hour, or face execution.

It’s a last-man-standing situation, where the “winner” receives a cash prize, but at what cost? The movie stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Mark Hamill, and more, and is set to release on September 12, 2025.

So, let’s break down its dark themes,...

The Long Walk claims its first victim in the red band clip below, previewing the film’s harrowing dystopia.

Based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel of the same name, the movie walks into theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

The story follows Raymond Garraty, a 16-year old who takes part in an annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence directs from a script by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling).

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis...

More than a decade after his father Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death, Cooper Hoffman‘s latest role put his grief on full display.

The Golden Globe nominee, who plays Raymond Garraty in Francis Lawrence‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Long Walk, admitted “how can you not” see the similarities between himself and the role of a young man motivated by his late father to enter the titular race.

“When you experience death at a young age, you think that you’ve experienced everything in life. And then you haven’t,” he explained in an interview with GQ.

“When your trauma is on display for the world, there’s no actually hiding it. I’m like, I might as well talk about it, or, I might as well put it into something,” added Hoffman. “Because if I keep hiding it and running from it, that’s not fair to...

Stephen King’sThe Long Walk has finally been adapted into a movie, and if the 46-year wait since the book’s original publishing has been too long, you can at least catch the film two weeks early at ScreenRant’s LA screening. Set in a dystopian United States, the story centers around the contestants of a brutal endurance walking contest.

ScreenRant is proud to host an early screening of The Long Walk, taking place on August 25 at AMC Burbank 16 at 7:00 pm. Following the screening, ScreenRant’s Ash Crossan will moderate a Q&a with editor Mark Yoshikawa. Check out The Long Walk trailer if you haven’t, and RSVP for the screening here.

How Far Could You Go? Join Lionsgate and Daily Dead at a free early screening of The Long Walk in LA to find out! Following the screening, there will be Q&a with producer Roy Lee that will be moderated by our very own Matt Donato:

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"From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel,...

The adventures of Daniel Larusso continues after the conclusion of Netflix’s Cobra Kai. The hit show became a treasure trove of easter eggs from the original John G. Avildsen Karate Kid trilogy. Cobra Kai would not only bring back major supporting characters like Chozen Toguchi, Terry Silver and “Karate’s Bad Boy” Mike Barnes, but the writers cut even deeper, with a character like the little Okinawan girl that Daniel saved in the Typhoon in Part II, and more impressively, took a throwaway line from Part III about an off-screen character — Elizabeth Anne Rooney — and actually gave her a scene in an episode. Sony Pictures recently released Karate Kid: Legends,...

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King's first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films, comes The Long Walk, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

The first social media reactions just hit X, and they're all overwhelmingly positive. We know this is often the case with the critics who weigh in on X after early screenings, but taking these at face value, it seems Lawrence has done the near-impossible: he's delivered a sublime adaptation of King's work.

The prolific writer has authored a long list of classic books. However, outside of a few exceptions, most have been poorly handled during the transition from page to screen.

The Long Walk has, no pun intended, been a long time coming. Filmmakers like George A. Romero and Frank Darabont have...

Last year, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Long Walk (which was, like The Running Man and Thinner, published under the pen name Richard Bachman) went into production, with director Francis Lawrence, whose previous credits include Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 and 2, Red Sparrow, Slumberland, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, at the helm. Lionsgate will be releasing the film on September 12th – and today, we have a batch of first reactions to share with you. They can be seen below, and promise that this is going to be an intense, brutal,...

The first reactions are in for Stephen King’s dystopian cardio thriller The Long Walk, and critics say that the film is a brutal and riveting adaptation that might even generate Oscar buzz for its young stars.

Based on King’s 1979 novel, The Long Walk (trailer below) chronicles an annual state-sponsored contest where 50 teenage boys set out on a march where a contestant is shot if they fall below 3 mph. They walk until just one boy is left standing. King wrote the book in high school — making it the first novel he wrote — and then it was published under a pseudonym after he became a best-selling author. The long-awaited film adaption is directed by Francis Lawrence, who helmed three of the Hunger Games movies, and stars Cooper Hoffman (son of the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman) and David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus) as two of the Walkers and Mark Hamill as...

The first reactions to the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk are in, and it looks like yet another winner in the author's catalog. Published in 1979 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, The Long Walk is actually the first book King ever wrote. Versions vary, but it has been said that he completed it when he was still a teenager. 2025 sees the project on the big screen after decades of several industry figures trying to adapt it. George A. Romero and Frank Darabont tried at some point, but those attempts never came to fruition. Eventually, The Hunger Games franchise director Francis Lawrence teamed up with horror producer Roy Lee, and...

IGN recently gave fans a glimpse of a new R-rated thriller, The Long Walk, but the clip was so intense that the Sdcc decided not to show it in full. The film is based on Stephen King’s novel and tells a story set in a dark future where the U.S. is ruled by a harsh regime.

Every year, teenage boys are forced into a walking contest that sounds simple, but it’s deadly. If a boy drops below three miles per hour for too long, he is killed. The walk continues until only one boy is left alive.

Get an exclusive first look at the complete Red Band clip from @Lionsgate's @jointhelongwalk that San Diego Comic-Con deemed too intense and shocking to show in full:@LionsgateHorror pic.twitter.com/32Bcshyb4P

— IGN (@IGN) August 19, 2025

Cooper Hoffman stars as the lead, Raymond Garraty, while David Jonsson plays Peter McVries.

Fans are getting an early look at The Long Walk, the R-rated thriller that San Diego Comic-Con called too intense and shocking to show in full. The clip gives a glimpse into the story, which takes place in a grim future where the U.S. is controlled by a brutal regime. Every year, teenage boys are forced to take part in a walking contest. It sounds simple, but there’s a deadly rule: if they drop below three miles per hour for too long, they die. The walk doesn’t stop until only one boy is left standing.

Get an exclusive first look at the complete Red Band clip from @Lionsgate's @jointhelongwalk that San Diego Comic-Con deemed too intense and shocking to show in full:@LionsgateHorror pic.twitter.com/32Bcshyb4P

— IGN (@IGN) August 19, 2025

The movie stars a mix of rising talent and familiar faces. Cooper Hoffman plays the lead,...

Karate Kid: Legends may have underwhelmed at the box office, but it's crane kicking its way to new success on the PVOD charts. A new report has revealed that the sixth installment in the long-running martial arts franchise is finding success on iTunes following its theatrical run.

According to FlixPatrol, as of Aug. 15, Karate Kid: Legends is ranked No. 9 on iTunes' Top 10 Movies chart in the United States. After making just $107 million in theaters, Legends has found success on PVOD, as the movie has been in iTunes Top 10 since last month, proving that audiences are still interested in more Karate Kid, just not enough to go to a theater to see it. Other 2025 releases that remain popular on iTunes include Thunderbolts* and Ballerina.

Legends Was the First New Karate Kid Movie in 15 Years Image via Sony Pictures

Karate Kid: Legends was the first new Karate Kid movie since 2010's The Karate Kid,...

The Long Walk is set to be released in theaters next month, and it's one of Stephen King's darker works, meaning audiences can expect a bleak film adaptation that also serves as a biting social commentary. The movie centers around a group of young men who enter a deadly contest where they must walk at a pace of at least four miles per hour, and if they fall below that pace, they are killed. Only one contestant can survive, and the winner gets a prize of their choosing. Despite its dystopian premise, one star of the movie finds it relevant today, and believes that it will always be relevant for one key reason.

In an interview with Empire Magazine, David Jonsson discussed his career in great detail, as well as his upcoming projects. The actor has most recently gained recognition for his performance as the synthetic Andy in Fede Álvarez's 2024 film Alien: Romulus,...

After decades of anticipation, those excited to see The Long Walk adaptation will be able to do so next week at an exclusive showing of the film. MovieWeb is proud to announce that it will be hosting a screening of the new Stephen King adaptation in Los Angeles, and select fans will be able to punch their tickets free of cost. The long-awaited horror thriller will arrive in theaters nationwide on September 12, but not everyone will have to wait until then to see it.

The Long Walk is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which America has resorted to dystopian death games that include having 100 boys walk until all but one is eliminated (shot dead). It's a harrowing story based on King's seminal 1979 novel that continues to be ever-so-relevant in today's capitalist world. The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis,...

The Long Walk director Francis Lawrence has explained the importance of showing how brutal and violent the Stephen King story is. The filmmaker is no stranger to adapting this type of dystopian survival stories, after previously directing most of the movies in The Hunger Games franchise.

During a recent interview with SFX Magazine, Lawrence addressed how difficult it was to adapt King’s The Long Walk novel due to its violent themes. In order to stay true to the original source material, they made sure that the movie would be rated R, teasing the adaptation’s intense sequences. "I wasn’t going to buckle on that. I knew we were making a tough one. It doesn’t deserve to be PG-13; it deserves to be R," he shared. "Stephen also said it had to be an R. To be truthful to the book, it has to be violent, intense, sad.

There’s a vast world of horror beyond movies out there, especially in the literary space. So much so that novels frequently inspire new horror adaptations, whether brand new publications or enduring horror lit classics.

In a year that’s already delivered an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey and Adam Cesare‘s YA slasher novel Clown in a Cornfield, there’s still plenty more on the way.

Here are seven upcoming adaptations of horror novels that we can’t wait to check out.

The Long Walk – September 12

The first Stephen King adaptation arriving in the back half of 2025 is a doozy based on King’s 1979 novel of the same name. Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directs from a script by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling). The R-rated film centers on a grim annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence explains why his survival thriller and Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk, is R-rated. The upcoming dystopian horror movie from The Hunger Games director revolves around an annual deadly contest where teens must maintain a minimum walking speed of three miles per hour to avoid being shot.

In an interview with CinemaBlend, Lawrence clarified why The Long Walk needed to be rated R. The filmmaker stressed that he wasn't going to hold back from the intensity and violence to capture the degradation in the book. A decision supported by King, Lawrence shared that he wanted to "be truthful" with the source material, warning potential viewers that the movie would be "a tough watch."

Read Lawrence's full comments below:

You need to make sure that you really feel the miles and the time. That you feel the degradation emotionally, psychologically, physically. That you feel the weather changes. I wasn't going to buckle on that.

The Long Walk is one of Stephen King‘s most harrowing books, and the upcoming film adaptation doesn’t seem to be shying away from the intensity with its “R” rating from the MPA.

The Long Walk is rated “R” for “strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references.”

Based on King’s 1979 dystopian novel of the same name, the film arrives in theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

The story follows Raymond Garraty, a 16-year old who takes part in an annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence directs from a script by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling).

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) and David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little...

Darren Aronofsky’s crime caper Caught Stealing is set to reach theatres on August 29th, with Francis Lawrence’s intense Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk following on September 12th and Scott Derrickson’s sequel to his Joe Hill adaptation The Black Phone (a sequel simply titled Black Phone 2) dropping on October 17th – and today, we have learned that the Motion Picture Association ratings board has given all three of these movies R ratings!

Directed by Aronofsky from a screenplay by Charlie Huston, who is also the author of the book that the movie is based on, Caught Stealing has the following synopsis: Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.

Lionsgate has officially started production on The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, with cameras rolling in Spain on the highly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ latest novel. A new behind-the-scenes video released by the studio shows the crew and director Francis Lawrence kicking off the shoot, signaling the first step toward the film’s November 20, 2026 worldwide release.

Returning to the franchise he helped define, Lawrence is directing from a screenplay by Billy Ray, with long-time producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force once again steering the project. Cameron MacConomy serves as executive producer, while Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien oversee for Lionsgate.

Set 24 years before Katniss Everdeen’s name was drawn, Sunrise on the Reaping begins on the morning of the 50th Hunger Games — the infamous Second Quarter Quell. The story follows District 12’s Haymitch Abernathy (played by Joseph Zada) through the brutal arena experience that forged the sharp-tongued,...

There’s a new Hunger Games movie in the works. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story. The story focuses on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. In this film, viewers will see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the contestants.

Director Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, who created the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes several familiar faces and new stars. Ralph Fiennes will play President Snow, taking over the role from Donald Sutherland. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace plays Maysilee Donner.

Other actors in the film include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman,...

Lionsgate has officially confirmed plans to bring a new Hunger Games movie to the big screen. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story.

It will focus on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. Fans will get to see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the participants.

Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, the creator of the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes some well-known names. Ralph Fiennes will take on the role of President Snow, replacing Donald Sutherland who played the character in previous films. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace will play Maysilee Donner.

Other actors joining the project include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,...

Stephen King fans have already had a wild year thanks to the arrival of not just one but two masterfully done adaptations, courtesy of Oz Perkins’ The Monkey and Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck. But the year of the King isn’t quite done yet, as The Hunger Games filmmaker, Francis Lawrence, will soon unveil his cinematic makeover of the legendary author’s dystopian thriller, The Long Walk. Today, as part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event, we’re thrilled to share a bit more information about the production courtesy of not only an email chat with its helmer, Lawrence, but also with its scribe, Jt Mollner (Strange Darling). Together, the pair paint a clear — albeit dark — image of how the project came together and what audiences can expect to walk into when it trots onto screens on September 12.

Set in a dystopian version of the United States,...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence last played the fan-favorite characters Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen, respectively, in 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 2. Seriously, where does the time go? Anyway, since then, The Hunger Games movie franchise has only expanded, spawning two prequels: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), which centers on a young President Snow before he rose to power, and now, Sunrise of the Reaping, which will follow a 16-year-old Haymitch as he prepares to fight in the second Quarter Quell. With a star-studded cast confirmed for Sunrise of the Reaping, which is set to hit theaters in November 2026, rumors of a certain Hunger Games alum returning to make a surprise cameo in the upcoming sequel have been circulating online for quite a while now. But could there be some truth to these rumors?...

Los lanzamientos más destacados en cines y plataformas de streaming. © Paramount Pictures, Materialistas & Universal Pictures

Hay quien huye del calor en la playa y quien lo combate desde la oscuridad reconfortante de una sala de cine. Para estos, agosto llega con patadas, niños desaparecidos, cadáveres, risas, y algún que otro intercambio de cuerpo. Estos son los 10 títulos más destacados de este mes:

DEVUÉLVEMELA (1 de agosto en cines) © Sony Pictures

¿Te acuerdas de Háblame? Pues prepárate para algo incluso más retorcido. Los cineastas del fenómeno de terror regresan con una historia de duelo en la que dos hermanos acaban en un hogar de acogida. Su tutora: una aterradora Sally Hawkins. Nuestro compañero Enrique Constans dice en su crítica que Devuélvemela es «una de las grandes películas de terror del año y una grata sorpresa». Advertencia: no apta para estómagos sensibles.

Weapons (8 de agosto en cines) © Warner Bros

Un grupo de niños...

When The Hunger Games franchise released its final entry, Mockingjay – Part 2, in 2015, it was difficult to see how the dystopian adventure series could continue after the story wrapped. However, a decade later, The Hunger Games keeps thriving.

With a prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, already out, and another prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, on the way, fans of the franchise had a lot to look forward to. But the feature films aren't the only new additions to the franchise, as The Hunger Games is officially becoming a stage play. In a new announcement on Instagram, The Hunger Games officially cast the new Katniss Everdeen: Mia Carragher for the upcoming play in London.

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The Hunger Games: On Stage is set to debut on West End later this year, and casting is already on the way.

At San Diego Comic-Con, Elle Fanning opens up about how fan campaigns helped her get cast in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Beginning in 2012, the Hunger Games series has produced five movie adaptations to date, including the four mainline franchise films and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Next up is the Haymitch backstory movie Sunrise on the Reaping.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be directed by Francis Lawrence and features Joseph Zada in the lead role of young Haymitch. Fanning has been cast as a young Effie Trinket, while other cast members include Mckenna Grace, Ralph Fiennes, Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Kieran Culkin, Ben Wang, and Glenn Close.

Speaking with MTV at Sdcc, Fanning addressed the role fans played in her casting process. According to the actor, the studio told her that "they were getting kind of hounded online" by fans who demanded "Elle needs to play Effie!

Mark Hamill has said his role as the Major in The Long Walk is “unlike anything [he’s] ever done before”.The 73-year-old actor stars as the antagonist in the upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 horror novel of the same name, and Hamill has now reflected on his “sadistic” character.During an interview with Discussing Film, the Star Wars actor said: “Well, he’s amoral. I mean, for you to be able to do what he does … he’s got to be some kind of sociopath.“There’s no sort of backstory for him, but you know he’s a really troubled person. And sadistic and … just all those terrible things.”Hamill added The Long Walk was completely different to his other recent projects, like the Tom Hiddleston-starring fantasy film The Life of Chuck and the upcoming animated flick The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.He continued: “It’s...

Mark Hamill rose to fame with his performance as the heroic Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, but his newest role takes the actor to the other end of the spectrum. He plays the villain in The Long Walk, a new dystopian horror film based on a Stephen King story that's coming to theaters on Sept. 12.

Per DiscussingFilm, Hamill was present at San Diego Comic-Con to help promote the film. He spoke about the dark nature of his "sadistic character," referred to in the story as the Major. While Hamill has voiced the Joker for many DC projects, he still feels like playing the Major was very dark in its own way, and that even attracted the actor to the role in the first place.

Mark Hamill tells us about playing potentially the most villainous character of his career in ‘The Long WALK’:“He’s sadistic and all those terrible things.

Last year, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Long Walk (which was, like The Running Man and Thinner, published under the pen name Richard Bachman) went into production, with director Francis Lawrence, whose previous credits include Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 and 2, Red Sparrow, Slumberland, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, at the helm. Lionsgate will be releasing the film on September 12th. It sees a group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as “The Long Walk,” where they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. The film had a presence at the San Diego Comic-Con, and today, as JoBlo continues our coverage over at #SDCC2025, our Eic Chris Bumbray caught up with the iconic Mark Hamill and David Jonsson, along with producer Roy Lee, Tut Nyuot,...

Mike Flanagan has reshaped Stephen King adaptations over the past decade withGerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep — and The Life of Chuck may be his most profound achievement yet. The film is now landing on digital platforms starting July 29.

It’s a genre-bending drama that isn't your typical King horror tale. Instead, it’s a deeply human story about love, loss, memory, and what it takes to live a meaningful life. Told in reverse, the film starts at the end of Chuck Krantz’s existence as the world collapses around him, and works its way back to his childhood. It's meditative, surreal, and emotionally shattering in all the right ways. The Life of Chuck will be available to rent or own on digital platforms starting July 29, 2025, with a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release following on September 30. The home release comes packed with exclusive extras: a behind-the-scenes featurette, interviews with starsTom Hiddleston,...

Una brutal carrera con un solo ganador y sin línea de meta. © Diamond Films

Lionsgate ha publicado el nuevo tráiler de la película La larga marcha, adaptación de la célebre novela distópica escrita por Stephen King bajo el seudónimo de Richard Bachman en 1979 y dirigida por Francis Lawrence (Los juegos del hambre: En llamas).

La larga marcha se ambienta en un futuro distópico en el que cien adolescentes participan en una brutal competición donde deben caminar sin descanso: si se detienen o reducen la velocidad de la marcha, mueren. Solo uno sobrevivirá.

La película está protagonizada por David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete), Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Mark Hamill (La guerra de las galaxias) y Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), entre otros.

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Lionsgate has just released the official trailer for The Long Walk, a new dystopian horror film based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel, written under his pen name Richard Bachman. The film is directed by Francis Lawrence, known for The Hunger Games series, and it’s set to hit U.S. theaters on September 12, 2025.

The story takes place in a grim future where the U.S. is controlled by a brutal regime. Every year, a group of teenage boys is forced to take part in a walking contest. It sounds simple, but there’s a deadly twist: if they drop below three miles per hour for too long, they’re killed. The walk only ends when one boy is left standing.

The cast is packed with rising stars and familiar faces. Cooper Hoffman plays the lead role of Raymond Garraty. David Jonsson takes on the role of Peter McVries, and Mark Hamill...

The first trailer for The Long Walk has just been released during Sdcc, giving fans a chilling look at the upcoming Stephen King adaptation that’s set to hit theaters on September 12, 2025. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film is based on King’s 1979 novel written under his pen name Richard Bachman.

It’s a tense, dystopian horror story set in a version of the U.S. where freedom is gone and survival is everything.

The movie follows a group of teenage boys who are forced to take part in a brutal walking contest. The rules are simple, but deadly, you must keep walking at a speed of at least three miles per hour, and if you slow down too much or stop, you’re executed on the spot.

Only one walker is allowed to survive, and the last one standing wins. It’s a test of endurance, fear, and pain,...

Lionsgate’s The Long Walk marched into Hall H with a mission: to make a tough subject matter too enticing to resist.

The Comic-Con panel not only revealed the newest trailer for the adaptation of the Stephen King novel, that has at its heart a downer of a conceit, but it also showed the first 22 minutes of the movie. The story focuses on an annual contest in which 100 teen boys set out on the titular journey under the watchful eye of hard-driving army commander played by Mark Hamill. The walk ends with just a single survivor.

The assembled crowd of over 6,500 fans was given plenty of warning from the moderators that the some scenes may not be suited for all audiences, on top of the usual warnings of curse words. How intense was the open section? Well, the audience never truly found out because the scene showing the first death was blacked out.

"I don't have much to lose, but I have everything to gain – that's why I'm here." Dang, this looks fantastic! Lionsgate has marched out the second trailer for The Long Walk, an extremely intense new thriller from filmmakers Francis Lawrence & Jt Mollner about a dystopian America. Based on storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games films, comes this grueling story of boys out on a never-ending walk. In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The brutal game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of three miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're out – forever. It's win or die, on this walk. Starring Cooper Hoffman + David Jonsson (from Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing,...

The first 22 minutes of the Stephen King adaptation “The Long Walk” debuted at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, following the debut of the new red-band trailer and a panel featuring the cast, including Mark Hamill, David Jonsson (“Alien: Romulus”), Tut Nyuot and Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”).

The film is adapted from King’s 1979 novel (first written when he was 19!), set in an authoritarian America in which 50 young adult men join a televised contest to walk continuously at a pace of at least three miles per hour — or they’ll be killed. Hamill plays a man only known as the Major, the military commander who oversees the Walk and gives the walkers their literal marching orders. In the panel, Hamill said that when director Francis Lawrence approached him about playing the part, it immediately evoked his teenage years in Japan, where he went to school next to a U.S. military base.

Today, Lionsgate released the new trailer for The Long Walk at San Diego Comic-Con, where the studio also screened the first 22 minutes of the film. The September 12 release is based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King.

The Long Walk is an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films.

The cast includes Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer and Mark Hamill.

The thriller, which features a screenplay by Jt Mollner, was produced by Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping), and Cameron MacConomy.

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Fresh out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, the brand new trailer for Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk has shambled its way online. Watch Official Trailer 2 down below.

Based on Stephen King’s 1979 novel of the same name, The Long Walk arrives in theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate. Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directed.

The story follows Raymond Garraty, a 16-year old who takes part in an annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Jt Mollner (Strange Darling) wrote the film’s screenplay.

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Josh Hamilton (“Walking Dead”), Judy Greer (Halloween), and Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck) star.