Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Friday, September 12, 2025 Nationwide
Thursday, January 1, 2026 Starz
strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references
Plot: What's the story about?
Set against the annual competition known as “The Long Walk,” where 100 teen boys must maintain a walking speed above four miles per hour. If they receive three warnings in an hour, they are shot dead.
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Who stars in The Long Walk: Cast List
Poetic License, Old Guy
Alien: Romulus , Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, The Life of Chuck
National Anthem, The Dinner
Greenland 2: Migration, The King of Kings
Perfect, Puberty
Karate Kid: Legends, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Landscape With Invisible Hand, Tesla
Who's making The Long Walk: Crew List
A look at the The Long Walk behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Francis Lawrence last directed The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Slumberland. The film's writer James Vanderbilt last wrote Nuremberg and Fountain of Youth.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Bradley FischerFrancis Lawrence
Cameron MacConomy
William Sherak
James Vanderbilt
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Production: What we know about The Long Walk?
Key Facts
- Lionsgate presents, in association with Media Capital Technologies, a Vertigo Entertainment / about:blank production, THE LONG WALK, directed by Francis Lawrence, screenplay by JT Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King. 2025-05-08
- Based on Stephen King’s book.
Filming Timeline
- 2025 - May: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2024 - December: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2022 - March: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Approved for California filming incentives.
- 2019 - May: The film was set to Development status.
The Long Walk Release Date: When was the film released?
Rent / BuyThe Long Walk was a nationwide release in 2025 on Friday, September 12, 2025. There were 21 other movies released on the same date, including Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and Toy Story - 30th Anniversary.
