Overview

• Early write-ups report a high Rotten Tomatoes critics score in the low-to-mid 90s, with reviewers calling it one of the strongest Stephen King adaptations in years.
• King said his lone condition was to show the brutal consequences of the story’s violence, contrasting it with the bloodless destruction he sees in many superhero films.
• The film centers on a televised contest where teenage entrants must keep a 3 mph pace or face execution, with the last remaining walker declared the winner.
• Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson lead the cast, and Hoffman told Variety the physically demanding shoot sometimes had actors walking up to 15 miles a day in 100-degree heat.
• Empire notes JT Mollner’s script makes bold changes without softening the book’s severity, with Lawrence relocating the action to an unspecified terrain filmed in Manitoba, Canada.