Stephen King has a theory of why it took a long time to photograph long walking

The entertainment market is very full Stephen King’s movies wonderful and wonderful These live publications of a large -scale horror work will undoubtedly consider that its own sub -group. There are many guilty pleasures or Otherwise, the king’s films Among them, everyone has their favorite – including the author himself, who has very clear opinions about which King modifications are the best.

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Now, there is another version of the live movement about to join the Stephen King’s widespread section in the cinemas. “The Long Walk” is one of his old works, which he concluded in 1967. It was published under the name King Richard Bachman, the nickname in 1979, the story imagines the Distopia state where the annual walking competition is granted among the representatives of the nation’s youth, and it is able to do so in the ruling competition, or they may not explain in the competition, or may not supervise that or may not be supervised Justice.

The story finally gets a movie, with Francis Lawrence (“Constantine”, “I am a legend”, many “hunger games”) at the head. In an interview with Vanity FairKing felt that it took a long time so the story could move to the screen because all previous attempts found the story very mercy so that it could not be adapted:

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“I think it is perhaps what is hindered in these other modifications is that an unforgettable quality. Someone puts money for him should be, like,” I don’t know … this is difficult. This is painful. “

The next movie “The Long Walk” is the latest in a very long series of adaptation attempts, and it is clear that the only successful movie. People who looked at the possibility of making a film include the legend of horror George Romero, the director of the successful adaptation of the King Darabonte King of “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Mist”, and the Norwegian terrorist expert André Øvredal (“TOLLLHUNTER”, and Autopsy of Jane Doe, “The Last Deled.

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If King’s theory about the previous planned amendments is correct, then all film makers failed to break the case when it comes to a budget of the lack of cruelty in the story – the participants in the luxury competition must, after all, walk at a speed of less than 4 miles per hour regardless of the circumstances, and it was not implemented after three converted until it failed until it was only one competition. King fans will have to wait how Lawrence deals with the cruelty dilemma, most notably King, but by judging the director’s comments to Vanity Fair, it certainly realizes that the film must be a completely different monster from the death competition films that he worked on before:

“in ‘Hunger games“Everyone is competing in a completely different way. There are alliances and try to kill each other. Here, you no In fact, you are trying to kill each other. It is a completely different dynamic in terms of relationships. “

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“The Long Walk” wanders on theaters on September 12, 2025.