The Life of Chuck is a perfect marriage of Mike Flanagan and Stephen King's talents, but not in the way you might expect.

Mike Flanagan proves to be a beautifully adept interpreter of Stephen King's novella "The Life of Chuck," starring Tom Hiddleston.

The TIFF People's Choice Award is usually a bellwether to the Oscars, but this year the prize reflects rather more deep-seated global concerns among the voters than just the race to Best Picture. Based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King - one of the four in his 2020 novella If

Mike Flanagan 's track record adapting the works of Stephen King isn't just impressive because the movies he has made are independently phenomenal works that reflect a perfect understanding of the source material;

Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan attend the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

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