US EditionStephen King on 'The Life of Chuck,' the End of the World and, Yes, Joy
- Mike Flanagan directed the film adaptation of Stephen King's 2020 novella 'The Life of Chuck,' which began limited theater showings in early June 2025 and expands nationwide June 13.
- Flanagan chose to adapt the story because it explores themes of joy amid apocalypse, reflecting King's humanist focus despite its original 2020 conception before recent global events.
- 'The Life of Chuck' features three life stages of an ordinary man played by Tom Hiddleston, with Mark Hamill as his grandfather, and includes large dance sequences that express the story’s emotional core.
- The film won the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and Flanagan said he felt grateful to bring King’s uplifting, character-driven story to the screen.
- This adaptation continues King's cinematic legacy beyond horror and may help avoid the box-office disappointments of past King films by emphasizing optimism and empathy in storytelling.
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Mike Flanagan on How a Studio Would’ve Ruined ‘Life Of Chuck,’ Stephen King’s Notes and Why He First Said No to the ‘Carrie’ Series
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains light spoilers about “The Life of Chuck,” now playing in select theaters via Neon, before a nationwide expansion on June 13. Mike Flanagan’s latest film has the trappings of some of his past projects — a Stephen King adaptation, spooky and unknowable moments, appearances from his close collaborators — but is […]
Stephen King talks ‘The Life of Chuck,’ the end of the world and, yes, joy
Every now and then, King is such a fan of an adaptation that he’s excited to talk about it. That’s very much the case with 'The Life of Chuck,' Mike Flanagan’s new adaptation of King’s novella of the same name.
Stephen King's first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, "Steve has a movie camera in her head."
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Stephen King on 'The Life of Chuck,' the end of the world and, yes, joy
So vividly drawn is Stephen King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, to King’s books for their richness of character, nightmare and sheer entertainment.
‘The Life of Chuck’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan on Life, Death, and the Very Special Person His New Stephen King Film Is Dedicated to
INTERVIEW: The filmmaker tells IndieWire about working in a different King key and dedicating the film to the late, great Scott Wampler.
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