Neon
Neon has released the first public teaser for «The Life of Chuck» — a sci-fi drama starring «Loki» Tom Hiddleston.
«The Life of Chuck» — is an adaptation of the story of the same name from Stephen King’s «If the Blood Bleeds» collection, which tells three different stories about the life of Chuck Krantz (Hiddleston) in reverse: the plot begins with the protagonist’s death at 39 from brain cancer and ends with his childhood in a haunted house.
The teaser is rather short, but it’s enough to feel the atmosphere — we are shown two people holding hands, then a sound resembling a ticking clock, flashing traffic lights and finally Chuck himself moving in the scenery of a modern street.
The film was directed by Mike Flanagan, best known for his work on horror films — «Oculus», «Silence», «Doubt» and «Gerald’s Game» (also a King adaptation), among others. However, in «The Life of Chuck», the director deviates from the usual genre, focusing on the story of human mortality, presented as a strange, surreal comedy-drama.
In addition to Hiddleston, the cast includes Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Matthew Lillard and others, and the world premiere is scheduled for June 6.
The film previously debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the «Audience Choice» Grand Prize. Critics also gave «Life of Chuck» high marksdefine the film as «the masterpiece of the King-Flanagan duo».