The Lifetime of Chuck Trailer Guarantees One thing Completely different From Mike Flanagan and Stephen King

Mike Flanagan has spent a variety of his profession up to now crafting Stephen King adaptations, no less than when he wasn’t scaring the pants off Netflix viewers with his horror series. However The Lifetime of Chuck is a departure for each filmmaker and writer; whereas we’ve seen extra dramatic fare sourced from King prior to now (The Shawshank Redemption is one instance), Flanagan has positively entered some new turf right here.

Take a look at the trailer for The Lifetime of Chuck, which leans way more within the route of “uplifting tearjerker” than “could trigger nightmares, proceed with warning.”

Billed as “the extraordinary story of an atypical man” and an “unforgettable, genre-bending story,” The Lifetime of Chuck unfolds on a reverse timeline, from demise to delivery, because it “celebrates the lifetime of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the marvel of affection, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.”

Tom Hiddleston performs the grownup model of Chuck, with Jacob Tremblay (Room, The Poisonous Avenger) taking over Chuck as a teen. Different key roles are performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Matthew Lillard, and Mark Hamill, however the forged has many extra members (together with a number of Flanagan-familiar faces like Samantha Sloyan, Hamish Linklater, and Kate Siegel).

The Lifetime of Chuck hits theaters—and modifications lives, if that trailer makes good on its claims—June 6, with a wider opening June 13.

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