Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill to lead new Stephen King adaptation

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Mike Flanagan has tapped a stell🉐ar cast for his new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Life of Chuck. Mark Hamill and Tom Hiddleston have reportedly been cast as the leads of the new project based on the chilling short story.

The Haunting of Hill House creator Flanagan is expected to be directing, writing, and producing the new movie, per . The story comes from King’s collection of short stories If It Bleeds from 2020 and tells the life of Charles Krantz in reverse, from death to growing up in 𝓡a haunted house. Hiddleston is expected to play Chuck with Hamill starring as Albie. 

Hamill is best known for playing Luke Skywalker in several Star Wars movies (and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Book of Boba Fett) but also has some serious horror credentials too. As a prolific voice actor, he’s o💧ften been the voice of Chucky and the Joker across se𓆉veral animated projects. 

Hiddleston is well known for playing Loki in the MCU, across several Thor movies, Avengers, and his own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus series Loki. Aside from this, he’s starred in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Crimson Peak, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Essex Serpent, The Night Manager, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kong: Skull Island.

This isn’t the only King adaptation on the way either with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Boogeyman out soon, and the It prequel Wel𒁏come to Derry currently in produc𒊎tion.

For more scares, you can check out all of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming horror movies on the way as well as our breakdown of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror movies of all time. If you're after more King, we've also ranked all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Stephen King movies too.

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