The Long Walk Film

[Kat9]

Hey all,

Just wondered if there was any truth to the rumour of a 'The Long Walk' film? Also, any news on what is happening with the 'Cell' film?

K

[Moderator]

Frank Darabont has the rights to do an adaptation of The Long Walk but I don't have an update on when that production will begin. Cell is currently set to be a miniseries. I also don't know if that is still in pre-production or has moved along.

[DaveN]

i thought i heard a rumor a while ago that eli roth (hostel,cabin fever) was going to direct the cell...could be wrong though. I personally think hostel was the most overrated garbage ive seen on screen in a while.

I would love to see a long walk adaptation though, one of my favorites.

[JohnDalglish]

i thought i heard a rumor a while ago that eli roth (hostel,cabin fever) was going to direct the cell...could be wrong though. I personally think hostel was the most overrated garbage ive seen on screen in a while.

I would love to see a long walk adaptation though, one of my favorites.

Hi,

Couldn't agree more about Roth and Hostel.

You'll be pleased to hear that he pulled out because he 'wants to write his own movies'.

Ones to avoid then, eh?

Long days and pleasant nights

[DaveN]

i thought i was the only one!
I dont mind a bit of slasher stuff once in a while. depending on what movie it is i could really like it!
But this guy is getting so much uneccassary praise in the horror community! I dont get it! It drives me nuts!

[Gris]

If you were listed as an extra in The Long Walk in Stephen King Goes To The Movies, does that mean you get to actually be an extra in the film?

[nicklove09]

Long Walk film would be awesome! It's one of my favorites.
I couldn't stand Hostel, and i agree with you both, that film was very
overrated. It wasn't even scary.

[Raq]

i thought i heard a rumor a while ago that eli roth (hostel,cabin fever) was going to direct the cell...could be wrong though. I personally think hostel was the most overrated garbage ive seen on screen in a while.

I would love to see a long walk adaptation though, one of my favorites.

Man, you're 100% right! Hostel was a big mistake in the history of cinema.
As it goes for The Long Walk, I would love to se it turned into a movie, but I have only one request. Let it be Darabont....because I think he proved 3 times that he's the best when it comes to King's movies...and please keep Garris away from it (seriously what does King see in him, I mean ok the movies are correct, and portait the storys well, what does that matter when they are crappy as hell?). Frank making the Long Walk would be a dream come true

[M2H]

Accorrding to Wikipedia Darabont "will get to it" (The Long Walk). I heard roth isn't going to do The Cell which is good because I think roth is talentless.

[chimpanity]

I wouldn't call Roth "talentless", Hostel was pretty good.. you just have to be "into" the kind of gore he makes... I'm glad to hear that he is not going to a Stephen King Film tho.. Obviously he is not 100 percent into the story and feels he is not the right guy to make Cell... Good for him for him.. I wish him the best and am glad to see cell be passed on to someone who loves it.

[michal]

Don't think I'd put my money on it being a good movie. The book is so much about the characters' emotions and what's going on in their own heads, that I think it would be close to impossible making it into a good film. But hey - I'll be happy to be wrong...

[michal]

Don't think I'd put my money on it being a good movie. The book is so much about the characters' emotions and what's going on in their own heads, that I think it would be close to impossible making it into a good film. But hey - I'll be happy to be wrong...

[JohnDalglish]

Don't think I'd put my money on it being a good movie. The book is so much about the characters' emotions and what's going on in their own heads, that I think it would be close to impossible making it into a good film. But hey - I'll be happy to be wrong...

Hi,

I agree that it would be very difficult, but I think Frank Darabont is just the man to do it.

Long days and pleasant nights

[M2H]

I didn't like the Hostel films (or Saw films). It's easy to make a movie that is gross and offensive, but it takes pure talent to make a movie scary, that kind that makes you afraid of the dark (or something else). Like Poltergiest made people, including myself, freaked out to be around clowns. It's like, anyone can make a movie with lots of sex in it, but it takes creativity to make an impacting, moving love story (i.e. Titanic). Darabont has the talent to make something impacting and maybe even scary. He is credited with writing a draft of Nightmare on Elm Street part 3.

[McVries]

i love this book and i think it would be a mistake to make it into a movie. i don't think any director is capable of putting a book like this on screen. i take that back, francis ford coppola could do it justice, but i don't think that is going to happen.

[CrazyRalph]

I think Frank Darabont can pull it off, he did a good job with The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. I can't wait for it to be made.

[~Ally~]

Have to agree with JD, Darabont is the guy to make this into a decent movie.
If it tanks under him, then I don't think anyone could pull it off.
I would be excited to see this on the big screen.

[Dark Reader]

The long walk is my favourite SK book so i'd be fascinated to see how it comes out on screen. Cell is probably my least favorite SK book so i'm not bothered about that one really. Incidently i thought Hostel was brilliant, i like to see lots of gore and you don't get much more gore than you do in Hostel :cool2:

[IstillInsistIseeTheGhosts]

The long walk is my favourite SK book so i'd be fascinated to see how it comes out on screen. Cell is probably my least favorite SK book so i'm not bothered about that one really. Incidently i thought Hostel was brilliant, i like to see lots of gore and you don't get much more gore than you do in Hostel :cool2:

Eh, if you like gore try the original Day of The Dead:), on the other hand, I think Darabont would do this movie justice, he hasn't disappointed yet!

[Silhouette86]

I'd love to see The Long Walk as a movie. That was the first Stephen King book that I ever read, although it was technically a Richard Bachman novel. Can't wait for it to come out!

[dmeier1231]

I really hope they make a movie out of this. I could really see Kiefer Sutherland as The Major.

[cherrybombe65]

Hmmm. I was thinking Ed Harris ,but that's a good choice too.

[Phantomking]

I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but I honestly think Taylor Lautner would make a good Ray Garraty.

I'm no Twilight fan or anything, but he seems to fit my image of Ray among the younger Hollywood actors.

I

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I wonder if the (deserved) success of The Walking Dead and the exigencies of making a second series will put The Long Walk on the back burner for Frank Darabont?

Although it would work very well for TV, don't you think?

Long days and pleasant nights

[CoolhandLocke]

I would say with the Walking Dead doing well depending on how many seasons (and length of those) they are going for will play a big factor. I agree with almost everyone else that Darabont is the ONLY person i think could pull it off & Garris needs to be nowhere near this lol. Not sure about it on TV as there are no real redeeming qualities, it's very bleak in an "is what it is" kind of way other than the friendships some of the walkers briefly made. I've never seen something that dark on television although there might have been something. A movie would be the way to go imo, The Mist wasn't very happy either lol, not sure how it did at the Box Office but everyone i made watch it liked it after they got over the ending...

[girl@thewindow]

i think ed harris would be the perfect choice for the major... since all of the walkers are under 18, i think this would be a very hard movie to cast, esp, since all but one of them will be getting offed it varoius ways throughout the film...

[SeanPB]

I was psyched when I heard Frank was going to tackle this story. In the age of reality TV, the idea around this great story just doesn't seem far-fetched. I know it's on the back burner, but I'm patient.

[guido tkp]

yuck roth !
hostel bad..him doing cell, worse ...eek !!

er...reek !

soryy, i'm not psyched at darabont being involved: the guy is one bare minimal step above garris: very over-rated, imho.

funny that king likes both so well, and i think they're evil twins of seperate mammas !

i'm not sure whether he's in the biz anynore, but at the time (all those years ago) i thought john badham would be perfect for L.W...or, possibly peter wier.

[~Ally~]

soryy, i'm not psyched at darabont being involved: the guy is one bare minimal step above garris: very over-rated, imho.

Wow, I think Darabonts interpretations of Kings work are amazing.

"The Green Mile," "Shawshank Redemption" and "The Mist" were all spectacular movies so judging by the standard of these alone I think he is a great choice.

[CaseyM]

I think it has potential to be a good movie. This is my favourite book, so I'd hate for it to be done badly. Is there any new news on it's progress?

[Moderator]

Not for quite some time. Frank seems to have a lot of other projects that have taken priority.

[JohnDalglish]

Not for quite some time. Frank seems to have a lot of other projects that have taken priority.

Hi,

Although his premature exit from The Walking Dead must alter his priorities, one would think.

Long days and pleasant nights

[guido tkp]

of course, and this is just my own, lowly opinion...i loved 'shawshank..', but thought it came across more as a really great tv movie than a full-bodied theatrical prescence...
only liked 'green..' : thought, it seemed more 'ron howard' than i would like: darabont, for me, has that schmaltzy tendency

was cool to 'the mist' : read that one way too many times, i think it would've takne a miracle to meet my expectations, but...start with the cgi...uh, no thanks..where's rob bottin, where's rick baker...
the movie a a whole, for me, felt more like grandeur tv than epic struggle that a real movie should, and that ending...i really don't care what the great and inimitable unka stevie thought of it.....good it was not

darabont handling of almost all of 'the walking dead' raises my hopes way back to an 'a' level but, i'd still rather see a really great dramatist get hold of this...whoever mentioned francis ford coppola, now that might be intriguing

i would not write off darabont, and i would go see it...but i'd definately have a somewhat more pensive mood over just what his choices, dramatically, might render upon one of my favorite stories

and all the actors should be be age specific..no one playing young, unknowns, preferably

[fushingfeef]

and all the actors should be be age specific..no one playing young, unknowns, preferably
Totally agree with this. Rather than getting the big Hollywood treatment, I'd like to see this done as a low-profile independent with a cast of unknowns. This picture needs to be gritty and realistic instead of stylized and slick. Darabont could still be involved without turning this into a huge Hollywood picture. Maybe like how Francis Ford Coppola did "The Outsiders" with a cast of then-unknowns (Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio) who all went on to become big stars.

[guido tkp]

small, independent:yes

but the director has to have a near cinemascope eye for the fact that almost all times, the surroundings: the landscape, the sky, the land and the road are major emotive characters

think sweeping vistas and isolation

[guido tkp]

so...as i'm driving home from the workplace...the local rock station announces up next is pearl jam: i like pearl jam, so i

stick around...

and then they play ' the long road'...and as it's playing (and, yes, i'm well aware it's been used in a movie before (dead man walking)) i still can't help but feel it fits this tale just as well: the mood it sets, the words...
something alot like that would, to my mind, could very possibly capture the tone of the tale of ray and the boys...and their plight.

peter gabriel has, in the past, done some fantastic soundtracks, often utilizing bits of themes from some of his songs...

just a random thought to throw out there

[k57]

One my favorite books, but it would extremely difficult to sell as a movie. The are a few (very few) funny bits, but overall it's a depressing read, involving (mainly) children. Unlike 'It' or 'Stand By Me'... would LOVE to see it done well, however. Casting would be key.

[Great SK Movies]

This is not a bad idea. I was searching to see if there was a The Long Walk movie out and I never heard about it. Apparently there isn't, but casting would be difficult to find in this movie. They have a lot of characters in the book (Garraty,McVries,Stebbins, Baker, Abraham,Olson, Pearson etc.) They would need about 50 18 year olds to play as the walkers in the movie then they need the soldiers, the Major, the crowds etc. I'm just saying it would be difficult to cast, but if they could get a cast and the right director it could be a masterpiece.