In the dystopian drama The Long Walk, based on the novel by Stephen King, young men set out on a challenge to walk until they can’t walk any further — last man walking wins, while everyone else dies. It does not sound like a fun experience for anyone involved, but Lionsgate is giving one lucky audience the chance to really understand what those characters are going through: A special treadmill screening that challenges viewers to walk at least three miles per hour for the entire duration of the movie. Slow down, and get ejected before the end.
The influencers-only screening will take place August 30th at the Culver Theater in Los Angeles (Consequence called the theater to confirm that it was happening). While the prize for making it to the end of the movie is not untold riches and a wish of your choosing (the promised spoils for the victor of the movie’s challenge), it’ll at least be an interesting way to get in your steps. And certainly being ejected from a movie is much better than getting brutally executed on the road by an anonymous guard.
Directed by Francis Lawrence (this was the movie he made as a break in between Hunger Games prequels), The Long Walk stars Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza, Saturday Night) and David Jonsson (Industry, Alien: Romulus) as two of the boys burning shoe leather, with Mark Hamill playing the cruel Major overseeing the festivities. It arrives in theaters on September 12th — check out the trailer below.
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