The Long Walk (2025): 10 BIG Changes To Stephen King's Book

Stephen King adaptations usually suck, but this one? They actually had the guts to change things that MATTER. From Garraty’s shocking new motivation to a completely different winner, these aren’t your typical Hollywood cash-grab changes.

In this deep dive, I break down the 10 biggest ways the movie deviates from King’s brutal novel - and why some of these changes actually improve the story. We’re talking character deaths that hit harder, motivations that cut deeper, and an ending that flips everything you thought you knew about this dystopian nightmare.

Whether you’re a King purist or just discovered this story through Cooper Hoffman’s devastating performance, you NEED to know how different these two versions really are. Some changes will piss you off. Others will blow your mind.

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0:00 Garraty's Got a Different Reason to Keep Walking
2:14 No Girlfriend, More Problems
4:19 They Killed Scramm Before He Could Die
5:22 Hank's Death Goes Even Harder in the Book
6:10 Stebbins Gets a Different Kind of Death
7:14 McVries Was a Real Bastard on the Page
9:37 The Pact Goes Deeper in the Book
10:37 They Slowed These Kids Down
11:39 Half the Walkers, Half the Problems
12:11 No Crowds, No Problem
12:38 The Stuff That Didn't Make the Cut
13:36 The Ending

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