Fresh off directing this year’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, André Øvredal (Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Long Walk for New Line, Deadline reports tonight!

King penned the book under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

“First published in 1979, The Long Walk is set in future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian.”

“The country holds an annual walking contest in which 100 teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until only one of them is still standing alive and receiving a prize. The story told of a 16-year old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens, some good, some bad, some mysterious, in his orbit.”

James Vanderbilt wrote the screenplay and is producing with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak.