The Long Walk Movie

The Long Walk movie poster

Who's Involved:

Christopher Woodrow, Charlie Plummer, James Vanderbilt, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Francis Lawrence, Ben Wang, Cameron MacConomy, Jordan Gonzalez, William Sherak, Roman Griffin Davis, Josh Hamilton, Bradley Fischer, K. Blaine Johnston, Garrett Wareing, David Jonsson, Joshua Odjick, Cooper Hoffman, Tut Nyuot

R   RESTRICTED MPA
strong bloody violence, grisly images, suicide, pervasive language, and sexual references
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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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.

Screenwriter

James Vanderbilt

Producers

Bradley Fischer
Francis Lawrence
Cameron MacConomy
William Sherak
James Vanderbilt

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Production: What we know about The Long Walk?

Key Facts

  1. 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
  2. Based on Stephen King’s book.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2025 - May: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2024 - December: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2022 - March: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

    Approved for California filming incentives.

  4. 2019 - May: The film was set to Development  status.

The Long Walk Release Date: When was the film released?

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The 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.

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