Stephen King's THE LONG WALK Film Adaptation Will Be Directed by André Øvredal

Director André Øvredal, who is directing Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, is set to direct New Line’s feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk.

The Long Walk takes place in the future “in which 100 teenage boys embark on an annual competition known as ‘The Long Walk.’ The rules are simple: maintain a speed above four miles per hour. Receive three warnings in an hour and you’re shot dead. The last one walking gets whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Under these grim circumstances the boys develop deep friendships despite knowing that each of their friends’ survival is a threat to their own.”

This is actually a really great story and it has since become a classic. Its dystopian setting has inspired several other YA dystopian stories over the years like The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.

Øvredal, who also directed The Autopsy of Jane Doe, will direct from a script written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man). As a fan of this story, I’m excited to see how this film turns out with this creative team.

Source: Deadline