The Long Walk: 10 Key Differences Between the Movie and Stephen King's Novel

The following contains spoilers for The Long Walk

The Long Walk is a faithful adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name, even as it makes some big changes to the characters and ending. In both versions of The Long Walk , the plot focuses on a group of young men who take part in a dystopian endurance competition where the penalty for failure is death.

The Long Walk 's cast of characters is mostly true to their book counterparts, albeit with a bit more diversity baked into the modern portrayals. However, there are some notable differences made to the cast, all building to an ending that changes the final winner and his fate (even if it retains the bleak moral core of the original story ).

Garraty Has A Different Motivation Between The Book And The Movie

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