Like The Running Man, The Long Walk seemed to anticipate America’s later love affair with reality competition shows, though the stakes on Survivor are not quite as high as in The Long Walk.
New Line is developing an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, a dystopian novel about a grueling cross-country marathon.
As reported by THR, New Line cinema is developing an adaptation of The Long Walk, published under the Bachman name in 1979.
The teen angle may make The Long Walk extra-appealing to New Line, as it adds a certain Hunger Games feel to the whole affair.