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Byte: Building the Walk — The Crafts Behind The Long Walk
Published 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
In this episode of Byte, we go beyond the screen to meet the creative minds who shaped the look, feel, and emotional texture of The Long Walk, Lionsgate’s chilling adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian classic.
🎙️ Featured Guests
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🧠 JT Mollner, screenwriter, on adapting King’s stripped-down narrative
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🎨 Nicholas LePage, production designer, on building a world that feels both timeless and eerily familiar—
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👗 Heather Neale, costume designer, on dressing the walkers in subtle layers of identity, rebellion, and vulnerability
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💄 Doug Morrow, makeup artist, on the physical toll of the Walk—blisters, bruises, and the slow erosion of youth, rendered with startling precision