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\n\tLionsgate is going with a smart awards strategy in hopes of becoming a dark horse Oscar contender.<\/p>\n
\n\tFrancis Lawrence\u2019s \u201cThe Long Walk\u201d will campaign its entire principal cast of boys \u2014 including Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson \u2014 in the supporting acting categories across all major awards bodies, Variety<\/em> has learned exclusively.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Lionsgate dystopian drama, adapted by JT Mollner from Stephen King\u2019s early novel, hinges on the emotional dynamics among a group of teenage competitors forced to walk until only one remains. The filmmakers believe the film\u2019s power lies not in traditional leads but in the collective experience \u2014 a choice they think is best reflected by submitting the ensemble together.<\/p>\n \n\tThough Hoffman\u2019s Raymond Garraty (No. 47) and Jonsson\u2019s Peter McVries (No. 23) may appear to anchor the narrative, the film will place all nine boys in supporting categories across the Oscars, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA and the Independent Spirit Awards. Judy Greer, who plays a pivotal adult figure in the story, will also be campaigned in supporting actress races.<\/p>\n \n\tSubmitting the entire cast together highlights the filmmakers\u2019 confidence in casting director Rich Delia, whose work stitching together a cohesive ensemble of emerging talent is expected to be a focal point of the campaign. The young actors deliver varied responses to the story\u2019s brutal marathon.<\/p>\n \n\tWith its ensemble-driven structure and bold category placements, \u201cThe Long Walk\u201d joins the growing trend of awards hopefuls challenging traditional definitions of lead and supporting roles.<\/p>\n \n\tAlong with the ensemble campaign, \u201cThe Long Walk\u201d will compete in all major craft and above-the-line categories, including:<\/p>\n \n\tBest Picture: Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, Cameron MacConomy<\/p>\n \n\tBest Director: Francis Lawrence<\/p>\n \n\tAdapted Screenplay: Screenplay by JT Mollner<\/p>\n \n\tSupporting Actor: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang<\/p>\n \n\tSupporting Actress: Judy Greer<\/p>\n \n\tBest Casting: Rich Delia<\/p>\n \n\tCinematography: Jo Willems<\/p>\n \n\tCostume Design: Heather Neale<\/p>\n \n\tFilm Editing: Mark Yoshikawa<\/p>\n \n\tMakeup and Hairstyling: Doug Morrow, Zinka Tuminski<\/p>\n \n\tProduction Design: Nicolas Lepage; Set Decoration by Scott Rossell<\/p>\n \n\tSound: Supervising sound editors Jeremy Perison, Thomas Jones; production sound mixer Jeffrey Murias; re-recording mixers Jeremy Perison, Carlos Sanches<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal Score: Jeremiah Fraites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lionsgate is going with a smart awards strategy in hopes of becoming a dark horse Oscar contender. Francis Lawrence\u2019s \u201cThe Long Walk\u201d will campaign its entire principal cast of boys \u2014 including Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson \u2014 in the supporting acting categories across all major awards bodies, Variety has learned exclusively. The Lionsgate dystopian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1421,3483,12841,10693,8649,11097],"class_list":{"0":"post-33859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-actor","9":"tag-long","10":"tag-oscars","11":"tag-submissions","12":"tag-supporting","13":"tag-walk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}