Filming is underway on The Lengthy Stroll, directed by Francis Lawrence, and the names of a number of solid members have been revealed
An adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Lengthy Stroll (which was, like The Working Man and Thinner, printed below the pen identify Richard Bachman) has been trudging by way of growth hell for many years. At one level, the rights had been within the fingers of Frank Darabont, who made the King variations The Shawshank Redemption, The Inexperienced Mile, and The Mist. Then the rights handed over to New Line Cinema, the place Scary Tales to Inform within the Darkish director André Øvredal was employed to direct the movie from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, whose credit embrace the 2 most up-to-date Scream motion pictures. Whereas doing the press rounds for his movie The Final Voyage of the Demeter final 12 months, Øvredal revealed that he was not concerned with The Lengthy Stroll, and stated not making that film is without doubt one of the huge regrets of his life. Final November, Francis Lawrence, whose earlier credit embrace Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, The Starvation Video games: Catching Fireplace, The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay – Components 1 and a couple of, Crimson Sparrow, Slumberland, and The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, signed on to direct The Lengthy Stroll for Lionsgate… and now the mission has lastly made it into manufacturing. With filming underway, Deadline has revealed that the solid consists of Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon), Tut Nyuot (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Charlie Plummer (Nationwide Anthem), Ben Wang (American Born Chinese language), Jordan Gonzalez (Fairly Little Liars: Summer time Faculty), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit).
Unusual Darling author JT Mollner has written the screenplay for the model of The Lengthy Stroll that’s being made. The novel is about in a future dystopian America dominated over by a militaristic dictator, and the titular occasion is an annual contest wherein 100 youngsters should preserve a gentle tempo of not less than 4 miles an hour below strict guidelines till solely one among them is left alive. The winner receives “The Prize”: something they need for the remainder of their life. The story follows Raymond Garraty, a 16-year-old from Pownal, Maine, in addition to a bunch of different youngsters with good, dangerous, and mysterious intentions.
Lawrence is producing the movie by way of his firm about:clean, alongside Roy Lee, Cameron MacConomy, and Steven Schneider. Meredith Wieck and Erin Jones-Wesley are overseeing for Lionsgate. Filming is happening in rural places all through the province of Manitoba, and can proceed by way of the summer season.
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