The Long Walk Film

**Moderator** · August 15th, 2011

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

**JohnDalglish** · August 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by Moderator

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** · August 26th, 2011

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** · August 26th, 2011

Originally Posted by guido tkp

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** · August 30th, 2011

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** · September 1st, 2011

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** · November 17th, 2011

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** · November 28th, 2011

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.

**Triella** · March 12th, 2012

The hardest part about making this movie, is that there isn't really much going on other than kids walking and getting shot. They don't even really talk that much, it's mostly Garraty's thoughts we get an insight too. It's not gonna be easy translating that into a film.

But I hope Darabont will get to it soon. I have a feeling, if he stays pretty much faithful to the book (which he tends to do), I will love it no matter how "dull" it may appear to those who haven't read the story. But I'm sure there must be some way to make it interesting for those new people as well.

Aah I really want to watch this film soon. Crossing my fingers now that Darabont is out of TWD.

**ConstantReader34** · 2 Weeks Ago

I just finished up this book the other day, and I simply don't see it translating to a movie. We are inside Ray's head so much that it is almost impossible to convey they cinematically. This was however one of my favorite reads so far from SK, next to TDT and Hearts in Atlantis.