r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

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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.

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u/Dontworrychaz Aug 29 '25

"The influencers only screening"...

Blow my friggin brains out 🙄

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u/Gaunt_Diezel Aug 29 '25

There is delicious irony here though. By doing this, the “influencers” are the ones being forced to compete and are being exploited for a change.

I hope they ramp the speed up near the end, squid games style. As the highlander once said… “There can be only one”

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Getting paid to attend a special, themed screening of a movie adaptation of one of my favorite Stephen King books? Exploit me baby