Life of Chuck‘s Mysterious Teaser Wants You to Know It’s Got Names

Mike Flanagan has established himself very firmly as a serial adapter of Stephen King stories: he made the theatrical film Doctor Sleep, based on the sequel to King’s The Shining; Netflix film Gerald’s Game, based on King’s “unfilmable” novel; and he has a Carrie series coming to Prime Video. He’s also long been noodling on a Dark Tower TV series we’ll hopefully see one of these days. But his next King-adjacent release, The Life of Chuck, is especially notable for one big reason: it’s not a horror tale. The Life of Chuck isn’t a complete unknown; after all, it’s drawn from a novella collection (2020’s If It Bleeds, the same volume that contains Mr. Harrigan’s Phone) that any King fan can pick up to learn more about the plot. It premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People’s Choice Award, and Neon—which just released Osgood Perkins’ own King adaptation, The Monkey, as well as recent Oscar triumph Anora—signed on for distribution. So you can draw so ... Read full article.