The Life of Chuck's new trailer teases Tom Hiddleston bracing through life in reverse

The Life of Chuck is an upcoming film starring Tom Hiddleston. This Mike Flanagan directorial film is a science fiction drama, which will be released on June 6, 2025, by Neon. Its release is close to six months after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The official synopsis as per IMDb reads:

"A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz."

The makers have released their official trailer, which showcases Tom Hiddleston in the lead role, who is walking through life in reverse. So let's find out.

The Life of Chuck official trailer released

After dropping its teaser in March, the makers have finally dropped the official trailer of The Life of Chuck on the internet. The nearly two-minute-long video begins with a voice-over that says:

"When you look up at the night sky, it can tell you stuff about your future."

We see a young kid looking into the sky at night. The video then moves on as we see a grown-up Chuck going through his life, as the voice-over says that life gets brighter with his being around. In the film, his life story is told in reverse—it begins with his demise and ends with his childhood days.

The Life of Chuck was first screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award. The film is adapted from Stephen King's namesake novella, which was released in 2020 and was a part of a collection called If It Bleeds. Here's a list of its cast members:

Tom Hiddleston as Charles Krantz aka Chuck
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Marty Anderson
Mark Hamill as Albie Krantz
Karen Gillan as Felicia Gordon
Annalise Basso as Janice Halliday
Matthew Lillard as Gus
Samantha Sloyan as Miss Rohrbacher
Carl Lumbly as Sam Yarbrough
Mia Sara as Sarah Krantz
Samantha Sloyan as Miss Rohrbacher
Q'orianka Kilcher as Ginny Krantz
Kate Siegel as Miss Richards
Nick Offerman as the Narrator
Q'orianka Kilcher as Ginny Krantz

The film is written, directed, and edited by Mike Flanagan, who is also its producer along with Trevor Macy. He had earlier adapted Stephen King's novels in Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep. In September 2024, Flanagan gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter where he spoke about his rapport with King. He said:

"We brought Doctor Sleep to screen in Maine, and I sat next to him in his hometown theater in Bangor. I didn’t look at the screen at all. I just kept trying to subtly gauge any reaction. If he nodded, I thought, “Great, it’s working!” If he sighed or shifted, it was like, “Oh, he hates it!” And that was a long movie. Two and a half hours later, he leaned over and said, “You did a great job.” I just about died. Then he drove me to his house. We ate pizza and chatted in his library. He’s the nicest."

The Life of Chuck is a departure from the horror genre that Flanagan is known for. will be released on June 6, 2025, by Neon.

Will you be watching The Life of Chuck?