Inside the Brutal, Beautiful Making of 'The Long Walk,' the Gut-Wrenching New Stephen King Adaptation

"For all the talk about young men in the world today -from how they act, how they think, to how they vote-few bother to ask them what they see. They are famously reluctant to talk about their feelings. So it stands to reason that cameras might be the greatest thing you can give a young man. In their hands, cameras can reveal a universe of thought. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so the cliché goes, but sometimes they say even more."

"During principal photography of The Long Walk, directed by The Hunger Games' Francis Lawrence and adapted from Stephen King's dystopian novel from 1979, actors Garrett Wareing (below) and Charlie Plummer (above) each brought with them picture film cameras to document their time filming in Manitoba, Canada. There, the rural and often desolate highways of North America served as the backdrop for their transformative journey in this tender yet harrowing thriller about the beauty of brotherhood against the face of tyranny."

"The premise of the movie-which debuts nationwide this Friday-invited the young actors to merge their hobby with their work. The Long Walk takes place in a dystopian near-future United States that sanctions an annual (and deadly) endless walking contest for young men. Wareing and Plummer both have major roles as contestants who surround the main characters, Raymond (Cooper Hoffman) and Peter (David Jonsson), who befriend each other and their fellow walkers on the last road they will ever travel."

Garrett Wareing and Charlie Plummer carried picture film cameras while filming The Long Walk in Manitoba, Canada. The Long Walk is a dystopian near-future story set in the United States about an annual deadly endless walking contest for young men. The actors photographed rural, often desolate highways between setups and during breaks, merging a personal hobby with their on-set experience. The resulting images read like a war diary, offering emotional clarity while blurring reality and make-believe. The film centers on the friendships formed among walkers, highlighted by the bond between Raymond and Peter amid oppressive circumstances.

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