The Greatest Stephen King Adaptation of 2025 Finally Finds a Streaming Home

The Greatest Stephen King Adaptation of 2025 Finally Finds a Streaming Home The year 2025 is packed with Stephen King adaptations.Roger Wong/INSTARImages.com By  Britta DeVore Published 34 minutes ago Britta DeVore is a Senior Author for Collider who has been known to dabble with Reality News as well.  Have you seen stories about 'Chucky,' 'Scream,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' 'The Boys,' 'Vanderpump Rules,' or any of 'The Real Housewives' franchises? That's probably a Britta DeVore-curated piece of art, and it sounds like you have great taste. When she isn't sitting behind her laptop bringing readers her hot takes on upcoming projects or keeping the dream alive in the Senior News team, Britta can usually be found outside hiking or inside behind her drum set. She currently plays in two bands, Kid Midnight and Watergate, both based in Brooklyn. An obsessive traveler, Britta loves long road trips to the South West and has a soft spot in her heart for canyons, rivers, and forests. She also has a tiny cat named Athena that she loves more than anything else in the world and is always happy for new brewery recs. Sign in to your Collider account follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

From Glen Powell and Edgar Wright taking audiences on a non-stop pulse-pounding journey through the dismal world of The Running Man to Francis Lawrence and a talented group of up-and-coming actors bringing viewers to their knees through the deeply emotional story in The Long Walk and Oz Perkins’ comedic cause-and-effect hellscape in The Monkey, 2025 has been a terrific year for Stephen King fans. The legendary author’s works have found themselves as the source material for a slew of new adaptations that are taking audiences by storm, earning big dollar signs at the global box office, and gaining critical acclaim. And, while the aforementioned movies are all terrific in their own way, there was one specific King adaptation from the last 12 months that will forever stick with us — Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck. Soon, audiences in the U.S. will be able to stream the heartfelt film from the comfort of their own home when The Life of Chuck dances onto Hulu on December 26.

Without giving too much away, The Life of Chuck follows a reverse narrative, starting at the end of the story and moving backwards through the life of Chuck Krantz (Tom Hiddleston), a man dying of a brain tumor at the incredibly young age of 40. While Flanagan and King are known for their work together, with the filmmaker previously adapting other titles like Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, The Life of Chuck is something completely different from what we’ve come to expect from the masters of horror.

Enlisting an epic call sheet for his latest foray into the world of King, Flanagan brought on multitudes of familiar faces from his so-called Flanafam ,as well as some new ones. The lineup of talent includes names like Kate Siegel, Matthew Lillard, Carl Lumbly, Michael Trucco, Mark Hamill, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Samantha Sloyan, David Dastmalchian, Rahul Kohli, Annalise Basso, and more.

‘The Life of Chuck’s Feel-Good Message

Look, we absolutely love Flanagan for his work behind genre-favorite shows like The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher — as well as his spine-tingling cinematic productions that include Hush and Oculus — but there’s something lovely about the shift in tone found in The Life of Chuck. By the end of the movie, we dare you to not have a tear in your eye as you go on a journey that will make you look at the small wonders of your own life and the folks that helped you become the person you are today.

Head over to Hulu on December 26 to stream The Life of Chuck.

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The Life of Chuck

Like Follow Followed R Drama Fantasy Science Fiction Release Date May 30, 2025 Runtime 110 minutes Director Mike Flanagan Writers Mike Flanagan, Stephen King Producers D. Scott Lumpkin, Elan Gale, Trevor Macy, Molly C. Quinn, Melinda Nishioka

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