When Will The Long Walk Be Streaming? Latest Release Date News and Updates
Wondering when you can stream The Long Walk? Here’s everything we know so far about the movie’s expected release date, platform rumors, and the latest updates.
Heads up for the Stephen King crowd: The Long Walk is headed to streaming, just not quite yet. Here is the lay of the land on when to expect it at home, where it will land first, and why that rollout looks the way it does.
So when can you stream The Long Walk?
There is no official streaming date. The current expectation is roughly a three-month wait, which points to late November or December. That is an estimate, not a lock, but it lines up with how Lionsgate has been timing its movies lately.
Where it will land first (and why)
Starz gets The Long Walk before anyone else. Lionsgate extended its distribution deal with Starz earlier this year, giving Starz the exclusive first 'pay TV and SVOD' window. Translation: if you want to stream it as soon as it leaves theaters, you will need Starz.
After that exclusive Starz run, the film will make its way to Prime Video under Lionsgate's newer arrangement with Amazon. It is a staggered rollout, and yes, it is a bit of inside baseball, but it dictates where you can actually watch the thing and when.
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What you are getting into
Francis Lawrence directs this adaptation of King's novel, a bleak dystopian story built around a state-run contest where 100 teenage boys are forced to walk without stopping. Slow down or fall behind, and soldiers make sure you do not get a second chance. It is endurance as spectacle, and the movie leans into friendships, rivalries, and the ugly moral math that comes with surviving a rigged system. If you are sensing themes of resilience, obedience, and the ethics of entertainment as punishment, you are in the right neighborhood.
Cast
- Cooper Hoffman
- David Jonsson
- Garrett Wareing
- Tut Nyuot
- Charlie Plummer
- Ben Wang
- Roman Griffin Davis
- Jordan Gonzalez
- Josh Hamilton
- Judy Greer
- Mark Hamill
Bottom line: No date yet, but expect a late-fall Starz debut, then Prime Video after the Starz window closes. If that sounds like a game of platform musical chairs, well, welcome to how studios carve up their streaming rights now.