Stephen King adaptation poster, 'Walk or die' (The Long Walk) for Mexico

We are just under two weeks for one of the most anticipated film premieres of the horror genre.

We talk about the dystopian horror thriller The Long Walkwhich adapts the first novel by the Master of Terror Stephen Kingpublished in 1979, which asks the audience Walk or die.

Literally.

In The Long Walk“Each step is a decision. Every kilometer crumbles them. Only one survives. “

He Argument revolves around a group of 100 teenage contestants in the dystopian future in the United States, who must get involved in a brutal competition, crossing the country walking without rest, Where they are forced to obey certain rules and restrictions. If any of them makes a long break or leaves the route, the snipers do not hesitate to shoot them. The competition ends when only one of them is living. The last young man who will win an award of his choice.

The director's film Francis Lawrence (saga The Hunger Games, Constantine), is starring Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), y Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck, Star Wars).

Hoffman plays Raymond Garraty, a young man who cries the death of his father at the hands of an authoritarian government, with Jonsson as his new friend Peter Mcvries, and Hamill as the mayor, who supervises the long march.

Heart films, the distributor in charge of launching Walk or die In our region, he shared a new official poster, available at the end of the note.

The cast also includes Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon), Does nyout (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Charlie Plummer (Spontaneous), Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), Jordan Gonzalez (Pretty Little Liars: Summer School), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), y Judy Greer (Halloween 2018, Cursed).

Lawrence directs the script written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling), Based on the King book published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

The story of The Long Walk Share some similarities with another King work, The Running Man. This in turn served as inspiration for the saga The Hunger Games. The Running Man He arrived in Cinemas in 1987, with a film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and María Conchita Alonso, and in November this year the reboot of the filmmaker Edgar Wright will be released, with Glen Powell in leading role.

In recent days, the Cinematographic Association (MPA), organization in charge of granting the classifications by age to all the film projects of the large studies of Hollywood, gave The Long Walk the Classification r by:

“Strong and bloody violence, spooky images, suicide, omnipresent language and sexual references.”

The adaptation is produced by Lawrence, along with Roy Lee de Vertigo Entertainment, Cameron Macconomy, and Steven Schneider.

Lionsgate The premiere for the September 12, 2025 In the United States. Films heart distributes it in Mexico and the rest of Latin America As of September 25.

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