New Line is developing an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, a dystopian novel about a grueling cross-country marathon. Having already achieved plenty of success under his real name, in the late ’70s famed author Stephen King began secretly writing and publishing books under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. One of King’s so-called Bachman books, The Running Man, would later go on to become a schlocky (but strangely prescient) ’80s action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (that served as an inspiration for The Hunger Games).
In all, King would publish five works under the pseudonym, the last being 1984’s Thinner. By the time of Thinner‘s publication, canny King fans had already ...
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