The Long Walk: Exclusive Character Posters and San Diego Comic-Con Announcement

IGN tin exclusively debut 10 caller quality posters for The Long Walk, featuring the formed of the upcoming endurance thriller.

Based connected the archetypal caller written by Stephen King (under his then-pseudonym Richard Bachman), The Long Walk is acceptable successful a dystopian near-future wherever a radical of young men articulation a televised contention to locomotion arsenic acold arsenic they tin for arsenic agelong arsenic they tin without stopping. The past 1 lasting wins.

What astir those who can’t support walking? Three warnings are fixed earlier they're shot. No substance the pain, nary substance however grueling the journey, you locomotion oregon you die.

View the quality posters by scrolling done the slideshow below.

IGN tin besides denote that The Long Walk volition beryllium astatine San Diego Comic-Con. The film’s sheet volition beryllium held Friday, July 25th from 3-4 PM successful Hall H. Panelists see formed members David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Garrett Wareing, Charlie Plummer, and Mark Hamill, shaper Roy Lee and screenwriter JT Mollner.

The Long Walk stars Cooper Hoffman arsenic Raymond Garraty and David Jonsson arsenic Peter McVries, portion Star Wars icon Mark Hamill goes to the acheronian broadside arsenic the sinister Major, the person of the competition’s subject escort.

The ensemble playing the young contestants see Ben Wang arsenic Olson, Charlie Plummer arsenic Barkovitch, Tut Nyuot arsenic Baker, Garrett Wareing arsenic Stebbins, Joshua Odjick arsenic Parker, Jordan Gonzalez arsenic Harkness, and Roman Griffin Davis arsenic Curley.

All the aforementioned characters are referenced connected their posters by their contestant numbers. Hamill’s villain besides gets his ain poster.

The movie is directed by Hunger Games franchise seasoned Francis Lawrence, who antecedently told IGN that The Long Walk is “one of my favorite, if not my favorite, Stephen King book.”

“Stephen King wrote this erstwhile helium was very, precise young, but those relationships [between these young men] and that dialog inactive holds up today. I deliberation it's truthful timeless and the relationships are timeless,” Lawrence said.

“I conscionable recovered it to beryllium a truly beauteous story, which is simply a weird happening to accidental with however aggravated it is and however convulsive it is. I deliberation it really is rather beauteous due to the fact that of the relationships.”

Lionsgate volition merchandise The Long Walk successful theaters connected September 12th.