Bourne101
03-26-2008, 03:11 PM
From Arrow in the Head's page, by Mike Catalano
Frequent Stephen King-adapter, Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE, THE MIST) spoke briefly to the 'All-King' website, Liljas Library, regarding plans for bringing yet another of the horror novelist’s works to the big screen. The book getting the “Darabont treatment” this time is THE LONG WALK, which King wrote under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman. However, don’t hold your breath for this next adaptation. Says Darabont (right),
“That one will be very, very faithful to Stephen’s story, even more faithful then THE MIST was. But it doesn’t bear a huge budget because it’s a very existential strange little story. To do it faithfully then it winds up being a strange little movie so not a blockbuster, just a very interesting film I think.”
After three outstanding King adaptations thus far, Darabont has earned my complete trust. I’m really liking LONG WALK’s plot too. Check it out:
One hundred teenage boys (picked at random from a large pool of applicants) participate in an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk." The event is run by a character known only as "The Major," who is the overseer of The Long Walk and is alluded to have a great deal of power. There are no stops, rest periods, or established finish line during a Long Walk, which ends when only one Walker remains. The winner receives "The Prize" - anything he wants for the rest of his life. The Long Walk is not only a physical trial, but a psychological one, as the Walkers are continually pressed against the idea of death and their own mortality. Several characters suffer complete mental breakdowns, and most experience some mental degeneration from the stress, knowing that each step could be their last.
This sounds great! The Green Mile, Shawshank, and The Mist are all 10s for me, so I can only have high expectations.
Frequent Stephen King-adapter, Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE, THE MIST) spoke briefly to the 'All-King' website, Liljas Library, regarding plans for bringing yet another of the horror novelist’s works to the big screen. The book getting the “Darabont treatment” this time is THE LONG WALK, which King wrote under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman. However, don’t hold your breath for this next adaptation. Says Darabont (right),
“That one will be very, very faithful to Stephen’s story, even more faithful then THE MIST was. But it doesn’t bear a huge budget because it’s a very existential strange little story. To do it faithfully then it winds up being a strange little movie so not a blockbuster, just a very interesting film I think.”
After three outstanding King adaptations thus far, Darabont has earned my complete trust. I’m really liking LONG WALK’s plot too. Check it out:
One hundred teenage boys (picked at random from a large pool of applicants) participate in an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk." The event is run by a character known only as "The Major," who is the overseer of The Long Walk and is alluded to have a great deal of power. There are no stops, rest periods, or established finish line during a Long Walk, which ends when only one Walker remains. The winner receives "The Prize" - anything he wants for the rest of his life. The Long Walk is not only a physical trial, but a psychological one, as the Walkers are continually pressed against the idea of death and their own mortality. Several characters suffer complete mental breakdowns, and most experience some mental degeneration from the stress, knowing that each step could be their last.
This sounds great! The Green Mile, Shawshank, and The Mist are all 10s for me, so I can only have high expectations.