Stephen King and Mike Flanagan might be two masters of horror, but their next partnership will tell a very different type of story. The director isn’t adapting another of the author’s terrifying tales. He’s bringing one of King’s most beautiful stories to the screen. And the latest trailer for The Life of Chuck starring Tom Hiddleston promises that instead of scares these two are teaming up to deliver plenty of wonder and tears.
King’s novella “The Life of Chuck” appeared in his 2020 collection If It Bleeds. Now Mike Flanagan, who knows something about bringing the writer’s stories to life, is bringing King’s tale about how each of us is a “universe” to the big screen. The Life of Chuck will follow the different stages of one man’s existence, through ups and downs and good and bad, in what looks like a truly gorgeous adaptation.
What exactly happens in the story, though? Despite being based on a published work, NEON is being coy in both its trailer for The Life of Chuck and its official synopsis.
From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes The Life of Chuck, the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
We’re fine with not knowing more than that. (We actually recommend not looking up details if you haven’t already read King’s novella.) If this incredible trailer is any indication. most moviegoers will be, too, after they see it.
We do know a few more things about the film, though. Flanagan wrote the script. It also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillian, Jacob Tremblay, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Benjamin Pajak, and Kate Siegel. We also know when we can see it. The Life of Chuck makes its majestic move to theaters in select cities on June 6. It arrives everywhere the following week on June 13.
When The Life of Chuck debuts it will surely contain multitudes. Both on the screen and in the feelings it evokes in us.
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