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Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder and songwriter of the Grammy-nominated alternative folk band The Lumineers, has composed the score for The Long Walk, Variety has learned.

Based on Stephen King‘ 1979 novel of the same name, The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling).

“Francis [Lawrence] and I had a really great initial phone call that helped inform what instrumentation we thought would work,” commented Fraites. “Strings and piano felt right in servicing the expected horror you’d find in Stephen King canon. The real challenge for me was going to be writing music that would properly represent the deep relationships these boys were forming while on this brutal walk.”

“We met years ago when the band the Lumineers did a song for the [The Hunger Games] Catching Fire soundtrack — Jeremiah and I had remained friends after that, and stayed in contact,” added Lawrence. “He’d send me vinyl versions...

Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder and songwriter of the two-time Grammy Award-nominated band The Lumineers, has composed the score for Lionsgate’s “The Long Walk,” the upcoming film from director Francis Lawrence based on the first novel by Stephen King. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on Sept. 12.

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

Lawrence directs from a screenplay by Jt Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King, and produced by Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy. The film stars 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.

Of the score, Fraites says, “Francis and I had a really great initial phone call that helped inform what instrumentation we thought would work.

Lionsgate UK has set 12 September as the release date for The Long Walk in cinemas across the UK and Ireland, unveiling a new trailer and key artwork for the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s first novel. Directed by Francis Lawrence and scripted by Jt Mollner, the film brings to life King’s 1979 Richard Bachman tale in which a totalitarian regime forces contestants in an annual walking contest to maintain a steady pace of three miles per hour or face execution until only one survivor remains.

The cast is led by Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty and David Jonsson as Peter McVries, alongside Garrett Wareing in the role of Stebbins and Tut Nyuot as Arthur Baker. Charlie Plummer appears as Gary Barkovitch and Ben Wang portrays Hank Olson. Rounding out the field are Roman Griffin Davis as Thomas Curley, Jordan Gonzalez as Richard Harkness, Judy Greer as Ms Garraty...

For cinema icon Mark Hamill, 2025 could easily be considered to be the year of Stephen King. This weekend, the Star Wars legend welcomes The Life of Chuck, his latest collaboration with filmmaker Mike Flanagan, based on King’s novella of the same name. Then, in September, Hamill will stay in pace with the theme, thanks to the theatrical arrival of Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of King’s 1979 novel, The Long Walk. In it, the actor who will go down as one of the greatest heroes of all time transforms himself into a bootlicking, depraved, absolute menace known only as the Major. Under his sadistic and tyrannical watch, a group of young men set forth in a contest to see who can walk the farthest. Should they stop or slow to less than three miles per hour, they’ll be executed on the spot.

Recently sitting down with Hamill to chat about The Life of Chuck,...

From master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of “The Hunger Games” franchise films comes The Long Walk. The film’s official trailer and poster have been released.

Synopsis: 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?

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Genre: Thriller Starring: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill Director: Francis Lawrence Screenplay: Jt Mollner Produced by: Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, Cameron MacConomy

The Long Walk is in theaters on September 12, 2025!

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Two years after the movie adaptation of Stephen King’sCujo was released, the acclaimed author teamed up with the film's director, Lewis Teague, for the 1985 horror thriller Cat's Eye. The movie will be available to stream for free on Tubi from June 1.

Much like another King adaptation, the George A. Romero-directed Creepshow, Cat's Eye is based on three of the author's short stories, namely, Quitters Inc, The Ledge and General. The film plays out like an anthology and follows a cat as it makes its way to a smoker's clinic, a penthouse ledge, and a young girl's room. The movie currently holds a 68% critic score and a 54% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The first story focuses on Dick Morrison (James Woods) as he tries to quit smoking and seeks the help of a service with ties to the mob that threatens his family if he decides to take up the habit again.

As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker.

Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March 14. The Life List arrived on the streamer at the end of March, and On Swift Horses starring Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter and Daisy Edgar-Jones hit theaters in April.

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man and Josh Boone’s Regretting You, which will likely follow in the footsteps of the Blake Lively-starring It Ends With Us and further pave a path for future Collen Hoover film adaptations like Verity and Reminders of Him.

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It’s been almost a month since all episodes of Ransom Canyon began streaming on Netflix, and the streamer’s answer to Yellowstone has remained a hit. It didn’t take Josh Duhamel’s new Western series long to lasso a spot in the Netflix top 10. While most new arrivals quickly fade into the void before being forgotten, Ransom Canyon has carved out a different path for itself. Despite other new arrivals like The Eternaut hitting the platform after Ransom Canyon, it has remained one of the most popular projects on Netflix, sitting at #4 on TV charts at the time of writing. The show earned a “rotten” score of 45% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but the audience-driven Popcornmeter tells a different story, where it sits at a modest 72%.

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The Long Walk got a trailer ahead of the weekend, and the movie, based on Stephen King’s novel by the same name, is generating a lot of excitement. If you read the book, you will know that it brings a combination of horror and dystopian thriller scenes. Read on to see if it’s the sort of movie you might watch.

The Book Was A Gripping Story

Stephen King’s early book was one of his best, fans agree. So often, he takes a thought and then imagines it happening. It certainly seems to work for him. Predominantly categorized as dystopian fiction, it incorporated elements of horror, rather than fitting neatly into the psychological thriller genre.

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At the center of the story was a brutal, state-sanctioned event where the consequence was death, dished out by soldiers. Perversely, the...

Lionsgate has debuted a new trailer for Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of ‘The Long Walk’ alongside a release date of 12 September in the UK and Ireland.

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

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

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The Long Walk, the first novel Stephen King wrote (but not published), will finally make its way to the big screen on September 12, 2025. Lionsgate just released the first official trailer and it’s brutal, in keeping with the book and film’s subject matter.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Stephen King spoke about the era in which he wrote the book. It was written at the peak of the Vietnam War, but King explained that he didn’t set out to write a political allegory. “You write from your times, so certainly, that was in my mind. But I never thought about it consciously,” said King. “I was writing a kind of a brutal thing. It was hopeless, and just what you write when you’re 19 years old, man. You’re full of beans and you’re full of cynicism, and that’s the way it was.”

The film stars Cooper Hoffman,...

Lionsgate has released the official trailer and poster for The Long Walk, which is based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King. The film has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Opening in theaters on September 12, 2025, 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, and Cameron MacConomy.

Lionsgate is presenting, in association with Media Capital Technologies, a Vertigo Entertainment / about:blank production.

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Lionsgate has released the first trailer and poster for The Long Walk, a new Stephen King adaptation which is set to hit theaters this September.

This take on King's (penned under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) 1979 dystopian horror tale is helmed by The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence, and focuses on a group of young men who sign up for a gruelling annual walking contest - with some lethal rules.

Each contestant must keep his pace above 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h). If a player drops below this speed for 30 seconds for any reason, he gets a warning. If they get three warnings and fails to resume pace after 30 seconds, they are "eliminated."

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill plays the sadistic Major who supervises the contest, and the movie also stars Alien: Romulus’ David Jonsson and Licorice Pizza’s Cooper Hoffman, with Garrett Wareing...

There’s a brand new Stephen King book-turned-movie hitting theaters soon: The Long Road!

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is at the helm of this new thrilled. It’s described as n intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

The trailer opens with a group of men signing up for a walking contest. What we learn in the trailer is that they’re shot to death if they slow below a certain walking speed.

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

The movie will hit theaters on September 12, 2025.

Watch the trailer above, and see the stills in the gallery of this post as well.

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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, the first trailer for The Long Walk has dropped online! You can check it out in the embed above.

An adaptation of The Long Walk has been trudging through development hell for decades. At one point, the rights were in the hands of Frank Darabont, who made the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist. Then the rights passed over to New Line Cinema,...

The task is simple: walk or die. That's the tagline for the new Stephen King movie, The Long Walk, which has just released its first intense and chilling trailer.

The Long Walk is notable for being the first novel that King ever wrote, having begun it in the mid-1960s during his freshman year at the University of Maine. Ultimately, Carrie ended up being his first published novel, while The Long Walk was eventually released in 1979, as one of King's Richard Bachman books. Based on the trailer, the movie looks to be a pretty faithful adaptation of the dystopian horror novel, although with one interesting difference: Mark Hamill's the Major states that the teenage boys will need to maintain a speed above three miles per hour to avoid receiving a warning, one mile per hour less than the book. Check out the official trailer for The Long Walk below.

"Walk... until there's only one of you left. Who's ready to win?!" Holy crap this looks intense! Lionsgate has revealed the first official trailer for The Long Walk, a riveting thriller from filmmakers Francis Lawrence & Jt Mollner. From master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games franchise 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 game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're out - permanently. Featuring a poster inspired by the original 1979 book cover. Starring Cooper Hoffman (from Saturday Night), David Jonsson (from Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot,...

Lace up your walking shoes, because the first trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk has arrived.

Directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Jt Mollner, the adaptation will premiere on September 12th via Lionsgate, and marks the first time the 1979 novel will be presented on the silver screen.

Cast-wise, the project will be led by stars Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson, joined by Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, plus Judy Greer and Mark Hamill (the latter of which appears as the menacing Major).

The original version of The Long Walk was published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, and tells the story of 100 teenage boys in a dystopian America who enroll in an annual walking competition. Like stories that would become popular in the decades after its release — like Squid Game...

The trailer for The Long Walk asks a haunting question: How far can you go?

The beginning of the official trailer, featuring Shaboozey‘s infectious “Last of My Kind,” sets up a coming-of-age tale before giving way to the dystopian horrors that await.

Based on Stephen King‘ 1979 novel of the same name, The Long Walk arrives in theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate. Watch the official trailer below for a preview.

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) lead the ensemble cast. 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...

Those of us lucky enough to be in attendance at CinemaCon this year were in the first group to catch a glimpse of Francis Lawrence’s long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk. A teaser was put on display during Lionsgate’s presentation that showcased the true terror of the film, which is slated for a theatrical arrival on September 12. Now, it’s the rest of the world’s turn to feast their eyes on the incredibly harrowing dystopian story that features Mark Hamill in a role that will wipe the goodness and virtue of Luke Skywalker from your mind. Today, the studio has at long last dropped the debut trailer for the long-time-coming movie that features an incredible list of young talent, including Alien: Romulus’ David Jonsson and Licorice Pizza’s Cooper Hoffman.

Written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman, the King-penned book follows a group of young...

After spending years (and years) in development hell, one of Stephen King's earliest and most brutal novels is finally coming to the big screen — and we have proof! Lionsgate has released the first trailer for "The Long Walk," which hits theaters this fall. While King isn't one to pull punches, this is one of his most unflinchingly brutal works, with young men walking to their deaths while the last one standing wins a prize in a post-apocalyptic, grim vision of the future. Check it out for yourself above.

"The Long Walk" is very much akin to King's "Hunger Games," albeit without any YA flair. This is nitty, gritty, and very much R-rated. It perhaps makes sense that Francis Lawrence, known best for his work on "The Hunger Games" movies, is in the director's chair for this one. Lionsgate isn't giving us much by way of the plot, with the...

Cooper Hoffman is getting his thriller film debut thanks to two Hollywood staples, Stephen King and Francis Lawrence. “Licorice Pizza” breakout star Hoffman leads the long-awaited film adaptation of King’s first-written novel “The Long Walk,” which he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Lawrence of “The Hunger Games” fame directs the feature.

The film centers on a contest in a dystopian America where 100 young men have to walk without stopping; if they pause for too long to rest, they’re killed on the spot. David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton play Hoffman’s fellow contestants. Judy Greer and Mark Hamill co-star.

Jt Mollner adapted King’s book, which was originally written in 1979. The film adaptation for “The Long Walk” has been in the works for more than 40 years: George Romero first tried to bring the...

Stephen King shared the poster for The Long Walk, an adaptation of his 1979 dystopian coming-of-age horror novel.

Walk or die when the film arrives in theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

In The Long Walk, the country holds an annual walking contest in which 100 teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until only one of them is still standing alive and receiving a prize. The story follows a 16-year old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens — some good, some bad, some mysterious — in his orbit.

Francis Lawrence directs from a script by Jt Mollner (Strange Darling). Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) and David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus) lead the ensemble cast.

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 Liars: Origin Sin”), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Josh Hamilton (“The Walking Dead...

Of the many Stephen King adaptations that are releasing this year on both the big and small screens, perhaps none is grittier than The Long Walk. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name, The Hunger Games' Francis Lawrence takes point on the new film, directing an ensemble cast through a grueling journey of self-discovery that promises to be a metaphor for both life and death. Set to hit theaters on September 12, we now have our first look at the new King film, which stars Cooper Hoffman as the book's protagonist, Ray Garraty.

The images from The Long Walk (seen below) come by way of Vanity Fair, and showcase a little of what we can expect when the film hits theaters later this year. There are a few images of the ensemble cast walking (natch), but there are also shots of stars Mark Hamill and Judy Greer, who play The Major and Mrs. Garraty,...

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. An adaptation of The Long Walk has been trudging through development hell for decades. At one point, the rights were in the hands of Frank Darabont, who made the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist. Then the rights passed over to New Line Cinema, where Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øvredal was hired to direct the film from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, whose credits include the two most recent Scream movies.

Last month, Francis Lawrence, Mark Hamill and star David Jonsson were all present for the Lionsgate panel at CinemaCon. A trailer was shown that our own Chris Bumbray (who was in attendance) called “insanely intense.

Several new Stephen King adaptations are on the way here in 2025, one of which is a feature film adaptation of King’s The Long Walk from director Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and writer Jt Mollner (Strange Darling). It’s coming to theaters in September, and Vanity Fair provides us with a first look today.

In The Long Walk, first published in 1979, “The country holds an annual walking contest in which 100 teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until only one of them is still standing alive and receiving a prize. The story told of a 16-year old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens, some good, some bad, some mysterious, in his orbit.”

Star Cooper Hoffman tells Vanity Fair, “The Long Walk is a metaphor for life, in my eyes. It’s a metaphor for any sort of hard thing you’re going through,...

The first images for The Long Walk reveal Stephen King's latest movie adaptation. The dystopian movie is set in a future world that holds a competition called "The Long Walk," where a group of teenage boys must maintain a certain continuous walking speed or else they will be shot and killed. The film adaptation of The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence and features Charlie Plummer, David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman, Ben Wang, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Garrett Wareing, and Roman Griffin Davis.

Now, Vanity Fair has released first-look images of The Long Walk. The images mostly feature shots of the main ensemble walking, showing a look at the characters played by Jonsson, Hoffman, Wang, and more. Some shots also cut away from the main action to show the adult characters, including Hamill as the Major, looking stern. In another image, Greer stands against a gray building, holding her hands together.

Mister Smith has bulked up its Cannes sales slate with supernatural horror Hide And Don’t Speak starring Tanner Buchanan, Garrett Wareing and Quvenzhané Wallis from Range, producers on the independent horror smash Longlegs and The Monkey.

The filmmarks the first in a dedicated genre slate launched out of Range’s London offices and spearheaded by Noah Reich, which Screen first wrote about last summer.

Alexander J. Farrell (The Beast Within) will direct the feature from a screenplay he co-wrote with Greer Ellison that is loosely based on the viral internet game hitori kakurenbo

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Tanner Buchanan, Garrett Wareing and Quvenzhané Wallis have been tapped to star in a supernatural horror thriller “Hide and Don’t Speak,” with “The Beast Within” helmer Alexander J. Farrell directing.

Range Media, which produced “Longlegs” and “The Monkey,” is shepherding the feature with Mister Smith introducing to buyers in Cannes.

In “Hide and Don’t Speak,” six teenagers “play a terrifying viral Japanese game in which the players summon a vengeful spirit for a deadly round of hide-and-seek,” the synopsis reads.

Buchanan has appeared in “Cobra Kai” and “How to Date Billy Walsh.” Wareing appeared in “Perfect,” “God Is a Bullet” and Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” and will soon be seen in “The Long Walk.” Wallis was the youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee ever for “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” She recently appeared in “Breathe” opposite Jennifer Hudson.

Range also has “Dangerous Animals” premiering in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.

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Since making its premiere on Netflix in April, Ransom Canyon has become a breakout sensation and a new fan-favorite romantic drama series that has everyone shipping. Between Staten and Quinn, Ellie and Yancy, and Lauren and Lucas, there's so much romance to root for, but there's also plenty more possibilities for love triangles and new combinations to bloom.

Throughout the first season, Lauren (Lizzy Greene) was already in a love triangle between her rich, star athlete boyfriend Reid Collins (Andrew Liner) and secret wrong-side-of-the-tracks beau Lucas Russell (Garrett Warening). However, the tornado episode proved that Lauren had chemistry with another eligible bachelor in town: Lucas' troubled brother Kit (Casey W. Johnson).

After binge-watching the first season, Ransom Canyon fans have been shipping Lauren and Kit, and it's completely understandable. There was something between them as they rode out the storm together and got to know each other better. Of course,...

Netflix’s new Western series has been drawing comparisons to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone, and despite being poorly received by critics, the show has still been a huge hit for the streamer. Ransom Canyon, which stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly, remains the second-most-popular project on Netflix at the time of writing, 12 days after its premiere. The series has earned a 44% score from critics on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, but general audiences have been higher on the contemporary Western series, rating it at 73%. Ransom Canyon is a romance-charged family drama set against the backdrop of Texas Hill Country. The show follows the intersecting work and personal lives of three ranching families. Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, and Garrett Wareing also star in the Netflix series.

Ransom Canyon is based on the novel of the same name by Jodi Thomas, and April Blair adapted the book into a television series with Paul Haapaniemi,...

If you’ve two-stepped your way through all 10 episodes of Ransom Canyon’s first season, you’ve already had the pleasure of meeting Lucas Russell. Now, get to know the man behind the boy next door.

“Playing Lucas, I got to become the cowboy that I’ve always dreamed of being,” actor Garrett Wareing tells TVLine. The full-circle role also brought him back to Texas, having grown up in College Station before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. “Funny enough, this dream brought me right back to my roots, which I think is pretty cool,” he says.

Note: The following contains “Ransom Canyon” spoilers for the finale on Netflix

There’s no shortage of conflicts in Netflix’s new contemporary Western series “Ransom Canyon,” but there is one mystery at the heart of everything that spans across the season: who killed Randall?

It wasn’t murder, technically. At the start of the series, we learn that Staten’s (Josh Duhamel) son Randall left his dad in anger after his birthday party, and wound up flipping his car on the road, killing him. The news is devastating to the town, especially after losing Randall’s mother recently too.

Though the police say otherwise, Staten is convinced that there was another car on the road that night, one that either forced his son off the road or collided with teenager, causing the accident. And, in the end, Staten is right.

After discovering a piece of a truck buried near the accident site,...

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Following the release of Ransom Canyon on April 17, Netflix hasn't confirmed future plans for the series with a season 2 renewal. It's too early for the streamer to decide on the new show's fate right after the premiere, but lately, Netflix has been granting early renewals for second seasons of breakout shows like Nobody Wants This and Running Point. Well, this should be their next safe bet.

The day after Ransom Canyon premiered, the series debuted at the #1 spot on Netflix's daily top 10 most popular shows ranking in the United States, and it's sure to stay put for quite some time, as well as pick up additional high chart placements worldwide. Even though it's an American modern Western, this is the kind of show, with the kind of cast, that's destined to become a global hit.

Its initial top 10 performance shows signs that Ransom Canyon will have staying power and continue...

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It's no wonder that Ransom Canyon immediately debuted in the peak of the Netflix top 10 most popular shows ranking in the United States. The modern Western romantic drama really is that good and that much of a must-watch! Between its various love triangles and complicated family business dynamics, it's the kind of show that has you invested in every single storyline.

Throughout the first season of Ransom Canyon, viewers are left wondering what's the actual truth about what happened the night Staten's son Randall died. Who killed him in the car accident? Meanwhile, so many more questions arise by the season finale, including the fate of Staten and Quinn's relationship, whether she's going to New York, and wait... Yancy has a [Spoiler]?!

After watching the Ransom Canyon season finale, you might need a bit of a refresher on what just happened,...

Netflix’s Ransom Canyon, adapted from the first novel in Jodi Thomas’s ten-book series, introduces a revised version of the story through a grounded ensemble cast and several reimagined character arcs. Showrunner April Blair worked from the original book while restructuring several plotlines to suit an ongoing serialized format.

Blair said the writers only used the first book to build the foundation for the show and chose to keep one consistent cast, diverging from the anthology-like approach in the novels. Among the most notable additions is what Blair described as the “mystery spine,” centered around Randall’s accident, which plays a major role in the series but occurs off-page and years earlier in the novel.

Josh Duhamel’s Staten Kirkland and Minka Kelly’s Quinn O’Grady share a complicated history in both versions, but the pacing of their relationship varies. In the show, their romantic tension plays out over several episodes,...

Spoiler Alert: This piece spoils Ransom Canyon on Netflix.

Netflix’s new contemporary Western romance and drama series Ransom Canyon is based on the first book in a ten-book series by Jodi Thomas.

Showrunner and creator April Blair stuck to the first book, which shares its title with the show while also expanding the world and ensemble to include more for certain characters only briefly mentioned in the book.

“We only used the first book, and it’s really the foundation of the series, a very important one, and we have retained, a lot of easter eggs for fans of the book series, but we definitely made it our own,” Blair told Deadline in an interview ahead of the series launch on Netflix. “In Jodi’s series, each novel introduces a whole new cast of characters. It’s almost kind of anthology like, and some...

This post contains spoilers from Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 9 from this point forward.

Remember when Quinn knocked on someone's door at the end of episode 8? Well, right in the beginning of Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 9, it's revealed that she knocked on Staten's door. Once again, they're sleeping together. In the morning, he makes her breakfast and they look so in love. Quinn finally made her decision. She chose Staten over Davis. Let's see how that turns out.

Staten wants Quinn to break up with Davis, and she wants to. But she also wants to be kind to him since she's not exactly doing a great thing here. She also accidentally reveals to Staten that Davis inherited debt, something he didn't and wasn't supposed to know. Before Quinn leaves, they tie a piece of twine around each other's wrists. Staten's thinking about forever.

Now that Cap has kicked out Yancy, he's staying with Ellie.

This post contains spoilers from Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 8 from this point forward.

Thankfully, all the dust has settled after the tornado hit Ransom Canyon, but now it's time to pick up the pieces. Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 8 opens with Lucas waking up to the police bursting in his home and arresting Kit for his role in Randall's accident. Brigman delivers the good news to Staten that they've made an arrest thanks to information from Reid.

When Quinn returns to Gracie's and finds Ellie sanctioning a ton of repairs, she freaks out wondering how she can afford everything. But Ellie has it covered — literally, the insurance is covering the repairs and she reduced costs by hiring new staff (somehow). Quinn quickly realizes she overreacted and gives Ellie the day off. Staten visits Quinn at work to talk. He doesn't want to forget about sleeping together, but she's confused and...

[Warning: This post contains Major spoilers for Ransom Canyon Season 1.] Everyone has secrets in Ransom Canyon. The new Netflix series, based on Jodi Thomas’ book of the same name, explores the complicated lives of those living in the small Texas town. In just the first few minutes of the premiere, Ransom Canyon hurls a devastating twist at viewers: the tragic death of Staten Kirkland’s (Josh Duhamel) teen son, Randall (Hubert Smielecki). A year later, Staten is still convinced someone else was involved in the car accident that killed his son, which kicks off a season-long mystery. Eventually, it’s revealed that Margaret Brigman (Sarah Minnich), Sheriff Brigman’s (Philip Winchester) wife and Lauren Brigman’s (Lizzy Greene) mom, was behind the wheel of the car that ran Randall off the road. However, she wasn’t alone. Kit Russell (Casey W. Johnson), Lucas Russell’s (Garrett Wareing) older brother, was having an affair with Margaret. This revelation...

This post contains spoilers from Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 6 from this point forward.

The rodeo revealed a lot of secrets, but Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 6 barrels on forward with plenty more secrets to tell. In the opening sequence, someone ran out of the blue pickup truck to look at Randall dead in his overturned car. We don't know exactly who it is just yet, but the answer's sure to deliver some shocks.

Now that he can keep his rodeo earnings, Yancy looks to buy a new tractor for Cap and his ranch. Paula Jo's also looking to get what she wants in another way when she asks Quinn to close Gracie's to the public for a private happy hour she's throwing. There's those strings, Quinn! She doesn't stop there. Paula Jo also throws sleeping with Staten at the rodeo in her face.

Right after the big reveal, Davis and Staten...

This post contains spoilers from Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 5 from this point forward.

After Quinn pulls Davis back inside her house in episode 4, Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 5 opens with the couple lying by the fire. Davis suggests going to New York, where she can perform for her audition, but she wants to leave that part of her life in the past.

Well, they're about to get a real unexpected reminder about the past. In the morning, Davis' ex-wife Paula Jo (Meta Golding), naked and planning to join Davis in the shower, walks in on Quinn in the shower. Yikes! Paula Jo now has a seat on the Austin Water & Power board and she's arrived to twist some arms about the pipeline and save the ranch.

Meanwhile, Quinn worries that Davis and Paula Jo still have something going on in their relationship, but Ellie says she has nothing to worry about...

“Ransom Canyon” is now on Netflix, taking fans into the Lone Star state for a new adventure — and you’re going to recognize a lot of the characters on the journey.

Now streaming, the series takes place in a small Texas town called Ransom Canyon, and follows the residents of the town as they battle over the takeover by a massive company. Where some want to sell their ranches and cash in, others definitely do not.

All the while, romances flare, secrets are revealed and, yes, people die. Here’s who you need to know.

Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) Josh Duhamel in “Ransom Canyon.” (Netflix)

Staten Kirkland runs the Double K Ranch, and is decidedly against selling his land to the mega corporation looking to take over. He’s played by Josh Duhamel, who you’ll recognize from movies like the “Transformers” franchise, “When In Rome,” “Shotgun Wedding” and a whole lot more.

This post contains spoilers from Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 4 from this point forward.

The fireworks sure went off during the grand reopening party in episode 3, but there's still trouble to come in Ransom Canyon season 1 episode 4 as someone mysteriously cuts Staten's fence in the middle of the night and sets his cattle free. Quinn finds one of his cows in her barn eating all of her lavender. When he arrives to tie up the cow, they once again argue. They can't help but grind each other's gears.

Davis denies cutting Staten's fence, but their argument turns into another fight about Quinn and then Staten pressing him about Reid. Since it's all hands on deck to secure the cattle that have gone missing, Staten calls in Lucas and Reid to help in the efforts. (More about that below.) Finally, Staten gets some good news when Sheriff Brigman agrees to follow the...

Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” was never going to be revolutionary. The new drama, set in rural Texas and based on a series of books by Jodi Thomas, will naturally remind you of “Yellowstone” with its land-loving cowboys dedicated to keeping their ranches out of the hands of corporations and their water out of corporate pipelines. Its love triangles and small town soap plots give a bit of “Virgin River” and a million other small town soaps, and it’s not just the presence of Minka Kelly that will make you think of “Friday Night Lights,” because the local teens are embroiled in their own cheerleading-adjacent drama.

Everybody’s hot, everybody’s got secrets, and everybody’s in love with somebody whether that somebody loves them back or not. Sometimes there’s not much more you could ask for from a TV show.

“Ransom Canyon” shares its name with the small town it’s set in,...

[Warning: This post contains Major spoilers for Ransom Canyon Season 1.] All ten episodes of Ransom Canyon are now streaming on Netflix, and the show wrapped up the main mystery of the first season perfectly. Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) was on a mission to find out who was driving the blue pickup truck that caused his late son Randall’s (Hubert Smielecki) car accident, and Sheriff Brigman (Philip Winchester) finally delivered the answer and made an arrest — even though it broke his heart to do so. It turns out it was Brigman’s own wife, Margaret (Sarah Minnich), an alcoholic, who was behind the wheel of the car (and likely drunk). The season exposed Margaret’s affair with Kit (Casey W. Johnson), whose brother, Lucas (Garrett Wareing), happened to be dating Margaret and the Sheriff’s daughter, Lauren (Lizzy Greene). Netflix Still following along? Kit was with Margaret on the night of the accident and called Reid (Andrew Liner...