IGN can exclusively debut 10 new character posters for The Long Walk, featuring the cast of the upcoming survival thriller.
Based on the first novel written by Stephen King (under his then-pseudonym Richard Bachman), The Long Walk is set in a dystopian near-future where a group of young men join a televised competition to walk as far as they can for as long as they can without stopping. The last one standing wins.
What about those who can’t keep walking? Three warnings are given before they're shot. No matter the pain, no matter how grueling the journey, you walk or you die.
View the character posters by scrolling through the slideshow below.
IGN can also announce that The Long Walk will be at San Diego Comic-Con. The film’s panel will be held Friday, July 25th from 3-4 PM in Hall H. Panelists include cast members David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Garrett Wareing, Charlie Plummer, and Mark Hamill, producer Roy Lee and screenwriter JT Mollner.
The Long Walk stars Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty and David Jonsson as Peter McVries, while Star Wars icon Mark Hamill goes to the dark side as the sinister Major, the leader of the competition’s military escort.
The ensemble playing the young contestants include Ben Wang as Olson, Charlie Plummer as Barkovitch, Tut Nyuot as Baker, Garrett Wareing as Stebbins, Joshua Odjick as Parker, Jordan Gonzalez as Harkness, and Roman Griffin Davis as Curley.
All the aforementioned characters are referenced on their posters by their contestant numbers. Hamill’s villain also gets his own poster.
The movie is directed by Hunger Games franchise veteran Francis Lawrence, who previously told IGN that The Long Walk is “one of my favorite, if not my favorite, Stephen King book.”
“Stephen King wrote this when he was very, very young, but those relationships [between these young men] and that dialogue still holds up today. I think it's so timeless and the relationships are timeless,” Lawrence said.
“I just found it to be a really beautiful story, which is a weird thing to say with how intense it is and how violent it is. I think it actually is quite beautiful because of the relationships.”
Lionsgate will release The Long Walk in theaters on September 12th.
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