Mark Hamill oversees a deadly journey in the trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Long Walk.
Director Francis Lawrence‘s dystopian thriller movie hits theaters Sept. 12 from Lionsgate. Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis and Judy Greer round out the cast.
The Long Walk focuses on an annual contest in which 100 teen boys set out on the titular journey that requires them to maintain a quick pace. The walk ends with just a single survivor.
In the trailer, the teens are directed to keep moving along “until there’s only one of you left.”
Lawrence helmed the feature from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). The film adapts King’s 1979 novel of the same name that was originally published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Serving as producers are Lawrence, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider and Cameron MacConomy.
Hamill, Jonsson and Lawrence debuted the movie’s first footage during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon presentation last month. “The premise alone is nightmare-inducing, but it’s good to get out of your comfort zone,” Hamill told the crowd about working on the project. The actor also reflected on playing the project’s villain: “If you can’t be the hero, there’s nothing better than being the villain. If you get booed and people hate your guts, then you’ve done your job.”
Additionally, Lawrence explained that he had been a longtime fan of the source material and was drawn to the memorable premise. “You can imagine yourself in the shoes of one of the boys,” the director noted.
