In a Big Year for Richard Bachman, the Legacy of Stephen King’s Pen Name Grows with ‘The End Times’

Getting several new Stephen King adaptations in a given year isn’t surprising to horror fans, but this year has an added dimension of intrigue for longtime Constant Readers. Two of the King films released in 2025 – The Long Walk and The Running Man – were originally released under a different name.  Beginning in 1977, […]

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Friday, October 24 – These 17 New Horror Movies Released This Week

Stephen King. Emma Stone. Yorgos Lanthimos. Justin Long. Chris Stuckmann. Maika Monroe. This week’s new horror lineup is packed with big names and exciting titles, from the at-home debut of The Long Walk and Good Boy to the theatrical release of Shelby Oaks and Bugonia. Here’s all the new horror released from October 20 – October […]

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Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk’ Marches Onto Digital Next Week, Physical Media in November

The Long Walk will be released on Digital on October 21 before hitting SteelBook 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 25 via Lionsgate. Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directs from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). Special features: Alternate Ending (4K UHD SteelBook Exclusive) Stephen […]

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‘The Long Walk’ – Don’t Miss Mattie Do’s 2019 Film With the Same Title as the Stephen King Movie

2019’s The Long Walk (not to be confused with the brand new Stephen King movie of the same name) doesn’t receive nearly enough praise. Billed as a drama/horror, the Laos-made feature is a startlingly beautiful meditation on death and regret. With a script written by Christopher Larsen, the film sees director Mattie Do heightening the […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘The Monkey’, ‘Fairy Tale’, ‘The Running Man’, and Taylor Swift [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, and Jenn Adams cycling through the latest Stephen King […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘Always Holly’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘The Institute’, and More [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Dan Pfleegor, Justin Gerber, and Dan Caffery cycling through the latest […]

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Judy Greer and Mark Hamill Join Lionsgate’s ‘The Long Walk’

The cast continues to get bigger and more impressive now that production is underway on Lionsgate’s The Long Walk, an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel. Deadline reports that  Judy Greer (Halloween 2018, Cursed) and Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck, “The Fall of the House of Usher”) are the latest additions. Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of […]

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‘The Long Walk’ – Stephen King Movie Adaptation Expands Cast as Filming Begins

Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) is on board to direct an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk, and Deadline brings news of new cast additions now that production is underway. Francis Lawrence directs from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). Stephen King penned The Long Walk under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. First […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘The Running Man’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘The Monkey’, and Ice T [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Randall Colburn, McKenzie Gerber, Jenn Adams and Justin Gerber cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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‘The Long Walk’ – Stephen King Movie Adaptation Finds New Home at Lionsgate

We just learned earlier this week that Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) is on board to direct an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk, and The Hollywood Reporter brings us some more information tonight. The project had previously been set up at New Line, but THR reports that Stephen King’s […]

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‘The Long Walk’ – Francis Lawrence Now Attached to Direct Stephen King Movie

An adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk has been in various stages of development over the years, with filmmakers including the late George A. Romero, Frank Darabont, and André Øvredal attached at different points in time. Of course, none of those movies ended up coming to fruition, but it looks like a […]

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Ranking the Richard Bachman Books: From ‘Rage’ to ‘Blaze’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

With Blaze back on the shelf, the Losers have finished their Richard Bachman run.  To cap it off, they do what any self-respecting Constant Reader would do: argue and rank all seven of his novels. To recap, that includes: 1977’s Rage, 1979’s The Long Walk, 1981’s Roadwork, 1982’s The Running Man, 1984’s Thinner, 1996’s The […]

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