The Long Walk was the first novel King worked on, since he began writing the story as a freshman in college eight years before his first published book, Carrie, hit bookshelves in 1974.
Lionsgate is working on a new Hunger Games movie based off a prequel that was released in spring, for one.
It’s an especially great time for The Long Walk to be in development with more exciting young adult adaptations in the works than usual after a number of flops on the genre’s end.