Editing The Long Walk (novel) (section)

==Adaptation==
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In 1988, [[George A. Romero]] was approached to direct the film adaptation, but it never happened.<ref>[http://www.liljas-library.com/unproducedscreenplays.php?id=38 Lilja's Library – The World of Stephen King – Unproduced Screenplays]</ref> By 2007, [[Frank Darabont]] had secured the rights to the film adaptation of the novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liljas-library.com/showinterview.php?id=38 |title=Interview: Frank Darabont
|website=Lilja's Library – The World of Stephen King |date=2007-02-06 |access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref> Darabont said that he would "get to it one day" and planned to make it low-budget, "weird, existential, and very self contained".<ref>[http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18351&sectionId=2 Frank Darabont Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511165353/http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18351&sectionId=2 |date=2011-05-11 }}</ref> In April 2018, it was announced that [[New Line Cinema]] would develop a film adaptation of the novel. Darabont's rights to the film had lapsed, and filmmaker [[James Vanderbilt]] stepped in to write and produce the film with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak of the Mythology Entertainment production company.<ref>{{cite web|first=Haleigh|last=Foutch|date=April 25, 2018|url=http://collider.com/the-long-walk-movie/#stephen-king|title=Stephen King's 'The Long Walk' in Development at New Line|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> On May 21, 2019, New Line announced that [[André Øvredal]] would direct the adaptation,<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=D'Allesandro|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/stephen-king-the-long-walk-new-line-movie-andre-ovredal-directing-1202620157/|title=André Øvredal To Direct Stephen King's 'The Long Walk' For New Line|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=21 May 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> and on November 28, 2023, Øvredal was no longer attached to direct and [[Francis Lawrence]] was announced to direct the adaptation and the rights were moved to [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] after it lapsed from New Line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lionsgate Picks Up Stephen King's 'The Long Walk' with Francis Lawrence Attached to Direct (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-king-the-long-walk-lionsgate-francis-lawrence-1235683572/|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|last2=Gajewski|first2=Ryan|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 29, 2023|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3790188/the-long-walk-francis-lawrence-now-attached-to-direct-stephen-king-movie/|title='The Long Walk' – Francis Lawrence Now Attached to Direct Stephen King Movie|first=John|last=Squires|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=28 November 2023|access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref> On June 10, 2024, [[Cooper Hoffman]] and [[David Jonsson]] were announced to be in talks to star.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson In Talks To Lead Lionsgate's Feature Take Of Stephen King's 'The Long Walk|url= https://deadline.com/2024/06/stephen-king-the-long-walk-cooper-hoffman-david-jonsson-1235969702/| last=D'Allesandro|first=Anthony|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref> In July, Hoffman and Jonsson were confirmed to star, along with [[Garrett Wareing]], Tut Nyuot, [[Charlie Plummer]], [[Ben Wang]], Jordan Gonzalez, [[Joshua Odjick]], and [[Roman Griffin Davis]].<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Charlie Plummer & Roman Griffin Davis Among Seven New Additions To Lionsgate's Stephen King Adaptation 'The Long Walk' As Production Begins |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-long-walk-movie-adds-charlie-plummer-roman-griffin-davis-five-others-1236020203/|last=Grobar|first=Matt|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=July 24, 2024|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref>

[[Kirby Heyborne]] narrated an [[audiobook]] adaptation of the novel in 2010 for [[Blackstone Audio]].