Stephen King has 3 words to describe Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’ adaptation
Stephen King has shared his first thoughts on Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of his novella, “The Life of Chuck”.
Another Stephen King story adaptation is on its way, and it sounds like the author himself is a big fan of this one.
On Tuesday we got some first look images and more information about The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of the horror author’s novella of the same name, courtesy of Vanity Fair.
King’s description of the finished result? “A happiness machine.”
It’s not often you’d think of King adaptations and “happiness” in the same sentence, but The Life of Chuck isn’t really a horror story — the novella is more of an offbeat surreal mystery in the vein of Being John Malkovich, in which a man called Marty suddenly begins seeing the same image appearing everywhere of a stranger called Chuck.
To say more would be to spoil the story, which is available in King’s “If It Bleeds” collection. Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, and Mark Hamill star in the adaptation. Flanagan, who wrote and directed it, has plenty of prior King form: He’s previously adapted Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, and is currently working on bringing The Dark Tower to the screen.
The Life of Chuck‘s release date is TBC.