‘The Life of Chuck’ Teaser Trailer Promises a New Kind of Stephen King x Mike Flanagan Movie

Mike Flanagan has directed a small handful of Stephen King adaptations up this point including Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, but his next King adaptation is going to offer up something a little bit different. Because The Life of Chuck isn’t a horror movie, and that’s made clear by the brand new official trailer that NEON has released this afternoon.

NEON will release the Flanagan + King collaboration in theaters on June 6, 2025.

Based on Stephen King‘s novella from his 2020 collection If It Bleeds, the upcoming genre-bending movie is written and directed by modern master of horror Mike Flanagan.

The life-affirming story explores three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

NEON previews, “The film takes on a surrealist and existential tone, telling a genre-bending story that detours from the macabre you’d typically expect from both King and Flanagan’s past works. This is primarily a film about joy, and it serves as a celebration of our existence and mortality. It’s all about life’s big questions and the beauty of connection, community, and appreciating the small moments with one another.”

Watch the trailer below for a glimpse at The Life of Chuck.

Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Annalise Basso, Benjamin Pajak, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Matthew Lillard, Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, Harvey Guillen, Jacob Tremblay, Kate Siegel, and Mark Hamill star. Interesting to note, Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay and Benjamin Pajak are all playing the titular character of Chuck.

Nick Offerman also plays a pivotal role as the film’s narrator.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “It’s the little things that matter most, both in life and in The Life of Chuck. Flanagan finds inventive and stylish ways to remind us of this throughout, shaking loose deep-seated memories from Chuck’s upbringing and highlighting the way small choices or unobtrusive memories can create a lasting ripple effect throughout the years.”