The Long Walk has now gotten an official release date. The movie, which was directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by JT Mollner, is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman) about a dystopian America where teenagers are forced to endure a deadly marathon walk where there is only one survivor. The upcoming The Long Walk stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Judy Greer, Garrett Wareing, Roman Griffin Davis, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, and Mark Hamill.