Mike Flanagan is adapting one other Stephen King story for his subsequent film and The Life of Chuck has fairly the solid.
The Fall Of The House Of Usher could have dropped on Netflix mere weeks in the past (we had been massive followers – learn our overview right here!), however director Mike Flanagan is already plotting his subsequent transfer.
Having already tailored Stephen King’s work in Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, Flanagan is tackling one of many horror author’s newer tales subsequent. Based on King’s 2020 novella, If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck will likely be Flanagan’s first movie since 2019’s Doctor Sleep.
THE LIFE OF CHUCK.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve made a totally impartial film, and it could not be doable with out the herculean efforts of our producer, Trevor Macy, who has willed this movie into existence, together with our companions at QWGmire.
— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) October 25, 2023
Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay had already been introduced earlier this week for the undertaking however Flanagan has now revealed the complete checklist of actors becoming a member of him in making The Life of Chuck.
It’s fairly a listing, too: Matthew Lillard, Harvey Guillén, Kate Siegel, Mia Sara, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Benjamin Pajak, Antonio Raul Corbo, David Dastmalchian, Carl Lumbly, Annalise Basso, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kholi, Matt Biedel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Michael Trucco, Violet McGraw, Molly C. Quinn, Heather Langenkamp and Taylor Gordon in her debut position.
Numerous good actors on that checklist. The Life of Chuck was granted an interim settlement by the SAG-AFTRA amid the present actors’ strike, which means it’s an impartial manufacturing from the studios belonging to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the movie’s producers have agreed to the SAG-AFTRA phrases proposed within the negotiations with the studios. Flanagan is free to proceed work on the movie underneath the settlement.
What’s The Life of Chuck about then? Glad you requested.
The story follows a person, Charles “Chuck” Krantz all through his life, however the story begins at his demise on the age of 39 and can finally conclude at his childhood, which was spent in a supposedly haunted home. Think of it as Flanagan’s (and King’s!) tackle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Flanagan is directing and writing the script, whereas his long-time collaborator Trevor Macy is on producing duties, alongside with QWGmire’s Molly C. Quinn, Matthew W. Welty and Elan Gale. There’s no launch date but, however we’ll maintain you posted as soon as there’s one.
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