The trailer for Mike Flanagan’s latest film starts with a monologue, as is the director’s wont. “When you look up at the night sky, it can tell you stuff about your future,” Albie Krantz (Mark Hamill) tells his grandson, Chuck, played at various times through the film by Tom Hiddleston, Benjamin Pajak, Jacob Tremblay, and Cody Flanagan. “They won’t lie to you,” he continues. “It’s pure that way. You might see a lot more than you wanted, but if you have heart, you have hope. And you have heart in you.”
If there’s one thing Flanagan is better at conjuring than ghosts, it’s tears, and The Life Of Chuck—his latest Stephen King adaptation—promises a whole ocean of them. Told in reverse, the film charts Chuck’s life from his death to the beginning of his childhood. “This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us,” the official logline reads. Get those tissues ready.
The cast is stacked with familiar faces Flanagan fans will recognize from past titles like TheHaunting Of Hill House and Midnight Mass, as well as some new additions to the Flanaverse. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan play Marty and Felicia, a divorced couple “whose world is unraveled by the mystery of Chuck Krantz,” per Variety, while Mia Sara joins Hamill as Chuck’s other grandparent, Sarah, and Nick Offerman steps in as the narrator. Other supporting cast members include Matthew Lillard, Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, Harvey Guillén, Kate Siegel, Q’orianka Kilcher, David Dastmalchian, Rahul Kohli, Heather Langenkamp, Michael Trucco, Molly C. Quinn, Lauren LaVera, Antonio Raul Corbo, Trinity Bliss, Violet McGraw, Taylor Gordon, Hamish Linklater, Matt Biedel, Suriyan Sapkota, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, and Scott Wampler.
If you weren’t sold already, this is also Flanagan’s favorite film he’s made “by a lot,” as he told the audience at his New York Comic Con panel last year. “I finished the story with tears streaming down my face, and I wanted this movie to exist in the world for my kids,” he continued of reading King’s short story of the same name for the first time. You’ll probably have a similar experience when this film cuts to black. It premieres in select cities June 6, before expanding nationwide June 13.
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