After a lightweight teaser trailer final month, we lastly have our first correct take a look at The Life of Chuck. And whereas it doesn’t give an excessive amount of away, the brand new trailer offers a very good style of the emotional tone of the film, which is a heartwarming story of 1 man’s life that has a contact of the post-apocalyptic to it. The trailer additionally teases the movie’s standout second: a seven-minute-long dance sequence from star Tom Hiddleston.
Based on a brief story of the identical identify from Stephen King, The Life of Chuck is the most recent King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who’s best-known for Netflix sequence like The Haunting of Hill House, but in addition directed diversifications of Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game. It follows Chuck (Hiddleston) by numerous phases of his life, and opens on one thing resembling the top of the world. In addition to Hiddleston, Chuck additionally stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, and Mark Hamill.
The movie premiered final 12 months on the Toronto International Film Festival, and I had the chance to see it then. For these curious, listed here are the ultimate ideas from my unique assessment:
Flanagan has all the time been a storyteller who makes use of horror as a manner of exploring drama in a extra heightened state. Here, he merely does away with the horror. The Life of Chuck doesn’t get away from his well-worn habits; reasonably, it’s an excellent car for them. It’s additionally a becoming adaptation for one more purpose: in its final moments, it seems to be a haunting ghost story in spite of everything.
The film hits theaters on June thirteenth. Meanwhile, Flanagan can also be engaged on a pair of different King initiatives for Amazon, with diversifications of each The Dark Tower and Carrie.
