Mike Flanagan of The Haunting of Hill House fame has previously adapted several Stephen King projects to great acclaim. His next King movie will be The Life of Chuck, starring Tom Hiddleston.
The famous horror director unveiled the first look at Tom Hiddleston as Chuck Krantz from The Life of Chuck on his Instagram account. The upcoming movie adaptation is based on the eponymous short story from King’s 2020 novella If It Bleeds. Aside from Hiddleston, Flanagan will be reunited with several long-time collaborators alongside some new faces. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange), Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s), and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), are all part of the cast, alongside frequent collaborators Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Carl Lumbly, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, Mark Hamill, and more.
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Flanagan posted the first look at Tom Hiddleston’s Chuck on his account, as well on his producing company, Red Room Pictures’ official account. Showing Hiddleston in a suit at a desk and wearing glasses while holding a pen and a cup, the picture also writes, “39 great years! Thanks Chuck!”
In addition to the first look, Flanagan’s message also reveals the release date for the highly-anticipated film. He wrote that the film will premiere at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival or TIFF 2024. “I’m so excited to unveil THE LIFE OF CHUCK at TIFF.My career essentially started there in 2013 with OCULUS, so this feels like a homecoming,” Flanagan explained. The famous horror director also felt that it was necessary to add in brackets, “Also, friendly reminder that LIFE OF CHUCK is not a horror film.”
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The Life of Chuck Received High Praise From Its Stars
When announcing the film wrapped production, Tom Hiddleston compared The Life of Chuck to Shawshank Redemption, one of King’s most beloved and revered adaptations. He said during an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast “What I love about this material and the short stories out there, was it seemed to be resonant of the Stephen King who wrote The Shawshank Redemption,” Hiddleston said. “There’s a warmth and a kind of spirit that’s really on the side of life in the story, that I really connected to when I read it. It was just the most extraordinary script. I connected to it immediately. So when we met, I just said ‘This is amazing. Can I come and do it? Can I please come and do it?’ And yeah, and we had a great time.”
Fellow Marvel star, Karen Gillan from the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, had nothing but praise for the upcoming film, calling it a “masterpiece.” Reuniting with Flanagan after starring in 2013’s Oculus, hyped the film when speaking to Collider, and noted, “It was so nice to be reunited with him, and I can’t wait for everyone to see that film because it’s a masterpiece. It’s beautiful.”
The Life of Chuck will premiere at The Toronto Film Festival, which takes place between Sept. 5 and Sept. 15.
Source: Instagram, Happy Sad Confused, Collider
- Director
- Mike Flanagan
- Studio
- Intrepid Pictures, QWGmire
- Cast
- Tom Hiddleston , Mark Hamill , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Karen Gillan , Jacob Tremblay
- Writers
- Mike Flanagan
