Povestea de “dragoste” dintre cineastul Mike Flanagan si maestrul Stephen King continua cu The Life of Chuck, inspirat din nuvela care a facut parte initial din serial nepublicata, intitulata If It Bleeds, a lui King. Filmul este scris de cei doi, regizat de Mike Flanagan, avandu-i in distributie pe Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange), Karen Gillian (Guardians of the Galaxy), Mark Hamill (The Wild Robot), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s), Mia Sara (Legend) si Nick Offerman (The Last Of Us).
“Not a lot of people are familiar with the short story. It came out in If It Bleeds and was not one of the more celebrated stories that he wrote, but] it’s one of my favorite things he’s ever written.
I finished the story crying and feeling like I wanted this movie to exist in the world for my kids. We got to make the movie that we wanted and we got to make it completely independently. We were pretty certain a studio would never make the movie, and we had no idea anyone would ever buy the movie and put it out.
Of the feature films I’ve gotten to work on in my career, it’s my favorite by a lot. But it is very different. It’s not at all horror. It’s the kind of softest, gooey, most humanist side of Stephen King and of me too. I just love it, please check it out when you can. It’s pretty fun.” a declarat Flanagan la New York Comic-Con 2024.
Filmul spune povestea lui Chuck Krantz (Tom Hiddleston), de la moartea sa, pana la inceputurile copilariei. Fiind comparat cu alta adapatari ale romanelor lui Stephen King precum Shawshank Redemption si Stand By Me, The Life of Chuck a fost achizitionat de Neon, dupa ce a castigat premiul publicului la Festivalul de Film de la Toronto.
The Life of Chuck va fi lansat in cinematografe pe 6 iunie 2025.
