The feel-good-apocalyptic tale featuring Mark Hamill and directed by Mike Flanagan is based on the Stephen King novella. Rick ...

Warning: SPOILERS are ahead for The Life of Chuck.

FILE - Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024.

The Life of Chuck isn't your average Stephen King adaptation. Based on a short story in the 2020 collection If It Bleeds, the film is a perfect match of filmmaker and material. and Written and ...

FILE - Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024.

Author and screenwriter Stephen King appears at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024. Photo by Christopher Katsarov / The ...

Stephen King ’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, ...

King, himself, just finished a draft of “Talisman 3.” If “The Life of Chuck” has particular meaning to King, it could be because it represents something intrinsic about his own life.

FILE - Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) ...