Stephen King adaptations are all the rage right now, with The Monkey and The Life of Chuck wowing critics and cinema-goers alike and titles such as It: Welcome to Derry and The Running Man still on the horizon. Next month will see the release of The Long Walk, too – and well, it's already being called one of the best films of 2025.
Written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling) and directed by The Hunger Games' Francis Lawrence, the "brutal" drama gives 1979 the big screen treatment as it follows a group of teenagers who agree to take part in a grueling annual contest known as 'The Long Walk'. To win, they just have to keep marching... though it's not quite as easy as that. If their speed drops or if they bow out, they're executed out there on the road, until one boy is left standing – and declared the victor.
