On his X account, Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan has officially introduced the actors joining The Life of Chuck cast, which will be led by Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill.
Besides Hiddleston and Chiwetel, the filmmaker welcomed the addition of a new batch of cast members who he will be working with for the first time including Matthew Lillard (Scream), Mia Sara (Ferris Bueller’s Day Out), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Trinity Jo-Li Bliss (Avatar: The Way of Water), Q’orianka Kilcher (Yellowstone), Antonio Raul Corbo (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), with newcomers Taylor Gordon and Benjamin Pajak.
Completing the ensemble are some of Flanagan’s long-time collaborators: Kate Siegel, Carl Lumbly, Annalise Basso, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Matt Biedel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Michael Trucco, Violet McGraw, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Molly Quinn, and A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp. They will be joined by previously announced cast members Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay, who have also starred in Flanagan’s previous movies.
What is The Life of Chuck?
“The film examines the existence of its subject Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death aged 39 from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a house believed to be haunted,” reads the synopsis.
The Life of Chuck is one of the three interconnected stories in King’s 2020 novella If It Bleeds. It is being directed by Flanagan, who’s best known for his work on acclaimed Netflix shows like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher. The adaptation is written and produced by Flanagan under his Intrepid Pictures banner, with QWGmire financing and producing the project.
This marks Flanagan’s third time adapting a Stephen King novel following 2017’s Gerald’s Game and The Shining sequel. The filmmaker is also looking to develop an adaptation of King’s popular novel The Dark Tower, which he previously called as his dream project.
