Two Stephen King adaptations are putting one foot in front of the other this year. Besides Edgar Wright and Glen Powell taking on The Running Man, there's also the master of dystopian disasters, Francis Lawrence, heading on The Long Walk, which has just released a brand new trailer, evoking the stroll of Stand By Me, with the horror of The Hunger Games.
Initially written by King in 1979, The Long Walk is set in an alternate United States where 100 young men are tasked with walking nonstop along U.S. Route 1. The race requires them to maintain a steady pace of 4 miles per hour, but if they drop below it for more than 30 seconds on three separate occasions, they will be shot on sight. The winner of the race can ask for whatever they want for the rest of their life.
