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The upcoming film The Life of Chuck (which Neon will be giving a theatrical release on June 6th) is the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – but it is not a horror movie. JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray got to see the movie a while back (you can read his 7/10 review Here) and described it as a “bittersweet tearjerker.” We’re still waiting to see a trailer for this one, but today a teaser poster has been unveiled and can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck consists of three separate stories linked to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse,...

Mike Flanagan started his career with a series of horror films before stepping into horror miniseries and Stephen King adaptations. His latest project, The Life of Chuck, was a major success during its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and continues to receive rave reviews.

The movie premiered in September, but it has yet to have a wide release, set to premiere in theaters in May 2025. The movie, which stars Tom Hiddleston as the titular character, has received stunning reviews following its release, marking Flanagan's third King adaptation. In a new interview with Screen Rant, The Life of Chuck actress Molly C. Quinn had nothing but praise for the adaptation.

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Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) showcases the more sentimental side of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds. Neon has officially set a release date for the new King adaptation.

The Life of Chuck will be released in theaters on May 30, 2025.

TIFF’s People’s Choice Award winner is split in three separate acts, all linked to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse. “It’s a Stand By Me for the multiple lives within each of us, pulled between our dreams and down-to-earth pragmatism.” Tom Hiddleston plays the title character.

I wrote in my TIFF review, “It’s the little things that matter most, both in life and in The Life of Chuck. Flanagan finds inventive and stylish ways to remind us of this throughout, shaking loose deep-seated memories from Chuck’s upbringing and highlighting...

The Life Of Chuck, based on Stephen King’s novel and directed by Mike Flanagan, is confirmed for a 2025 release.

Coming out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there was a feeling that Mike Flanagan’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Life Of Chuck could be an awards contender. Not only is this year’s race for Best Picture said to be one of the most open we’ve had for years, but The Life Of Chuck would win TIFF’s coveted People’s Choice Award, historically a strong indicator that a film would go on to earn a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Twelve of the last 14 winners have gone on to do so.

The film’s US distributor Neon, however, has instead elected to give the film a May 2025 release slot according to Deadline. Not only does that preclude the film...

Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) returns to the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Variety reports today that Neon (Longlegs) is “closing a distribution deal” to acquire the film in the wake of it winning the People’s Choice Award at TIFF.

Variety speculates, “The film will likely be released in the summer of 2025.”

Tom Hiddleston plays the title character in The Life of Chuck, based on the 2020 Stephen King short story of the same name. The film just World Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival for its 49th edition, running from September 5–15, 2024.

Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger), and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) will also star in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation, alongside Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street).

The full cast also features...

The Life of Chuck features a wide-ranging cast full of familiar faces. The project is an adaptation of the Stephen King novella published as part of the 2020 collection If It Bleeds, composed of the achronological stories "Thanks, Chuck," "Buskers," and "I Contain Multitudes." The movie was written and directed by Mike Flanagan, who has previously helmed the Stephen King movie adaptations Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep and has also acquired the rights to develop a television series based on The Dark Tower as of late 2022.

Mike Flanagan is a director who has become known for having a stable of actors with whom he frequently collaborates across a variety of projects, bringing stars back to play different characters in different contexts. The upcoming The Life of Chuck sees him following this habit, as it features more than a dozen memorable stars with whom he has worked before. However, the movie, which...

Mike Flanagan also didn't direct The Life of Chuck. Ahead of the movie's TIFF premiere, the filmmaker opened up about how author Stephen King almost prevented him from adapting his 2020 novella, which was published as part of the collection If It Bleeds.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, which debuted several first look images of The Life of Chuck, Flanagan explained how King usually "doesnt like to give the same filmmaker more than one thing, because it typically means one thing is not advancing at all." Since Flanagan had already acquired the rights to King's fantasy saga The Dark Tower with Trevor Macy, King was hesitant to let the filmmaker hop aboard another adaptation, out of fear that The Dark Tower would be put on the back burner. "He said, 'Well, lets focus on The Tower and Ill try to keep this one available for you for later,'" Flanagan recalled.

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Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) returns to the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Vanity Fair has shared a gallery of first-look images this week.

Tom Hiddleston plays the title character in the film, based on the 2020 Stephen King short story of the same name. The film will World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival for its upcoming 49th edition, running from September 5–15, 2024.

“There is a profound optimism in this story,” Tom Hiddleston tells Vanity Fair. “As the world is spinning off its axis, there are moments of magic.” Read the full preview on Vanity Fair.

Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger), and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) will also star in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation, alongside Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street).

The full...

Critically acclaimed horror director Mike Flanagan usually teams up with actors he's worked before and his upcoming project is no different. He will direct another Stephen King story, and he teamed up again with original scream queen Heather Langenkamp for it.

The Life of Chuck adapts the same-titled novella from King's 2020 collection If It Bleeds. Among its star-studded cast of returning actors, is A Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp, with whom he previously worked on the Netflix series The Midnight Club. Although details about her role in The Life of Chuck are scarce, the actress shared her excitement about working with Flanagan again in an interview with Bloody Disgusting.

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Mike Flanagan will tackle yet another Stephen King project with the star-studded The Life of Chuck.

Speaking about reuniting with Flanagan, Langenkamp revealed, I was just the...

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has written some dark, disturbing endings in his career… but we shouldn’t expect to see much of that from him in the future. During a recent interview with actress Katee Sackhoff for the Sackhoff Show podcast, Flanagan explained why he’s done with bleak, hopeless endings.

Flanagan told Sackhoff (with thanks to Cbr for the transcription), “A lot of the stuff I was writing had really bleak endings and very hopeless endings. It pivots right after [Hill House] and everything I’ve done since then doesn’t have that.” Sackhoff asked if that’s the influence of his wife Kate Siegel coming through, and Flanagan said, “I think in a lot of ways it is. And it’s because of family. When Kate and I got together, my outlook changed a lot. We had kids of our own and the kids started growing up and it...

Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) is headed back into the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and the film has set its World Premiere this morning.

The Toronto International Film Festival is getting ready to roll out the red carpets for its 49th edition from September 5–15, 2024, and we’ve learned this morning that Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck will World Premiere at the festival. Tom Hiddleston plays the title character in the film, based on the 2020 Stephen King short story of the same name.

While you wait, check out a first-look teaser image above.

Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger), and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) will also star in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation, alongside Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street).

The full cast also...

The upcoming film The Life of Chuck is the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – but it is not a horror movie. We’ve previously heard cast member David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) describe the film as a beautiful, heartfelt drama – and now Dastmalchian’s co-star Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy) has told Movieweb that The Life of Chuck is a beautiful masterpiece.

Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck consists of three separate stories linked to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a supposedly haunted house.

Gillan told Movieweb,...

The upcoming film The Life of Chuck is the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – but it is not a horror movie. Flanagan has let it be known that this isn’t horror, and cast member David Dastmalchian has said the same in a new interview with Gizmodo, describing the film and elements in it as beautiful and heartbreaking.

Dastmalchian, who was also in the recent King adaptation The Boogeyman, said (with thanks to Coming Soon for the transcription), “It’s beautiful. You think, ‘Oh, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, this thing’s going to just be the most horrifying, terrifying, thing you’ve ever seen.’ [But] it is so beautifully rendered, heartfelt, the drama, the performances. The cast in this is deep.

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in ‘The Last of Us’ season 1 finale (Photograph by Liane Hentscher/HBO)

The Last of Us starring Pedro Pascal and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning top the list of the 4th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards nominees. The Last of Us collected seven nominations, including a Best Actor in a Superhero Series nod for Pascal and a Best Actress in a Superhero Series nomination for Bella Ramsey.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning‘s five nominations came in the Best Action Movie, Best Actor in an Action Movie (Tom Cruise), and Best Actress in an Action Movie categories.

The Critics Choice Super Awards recognize superhero, science fiction/fantasy, horror, and action films and television series, honoring the best in genres that are normally ignored by awards organizations. “The Super Awards consistently shine a bright light on the outstanding work being done in genre cinema and television,...

Like all of Mike Flanagan's projects with Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher left viewers completely satisfied. Unlike The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, however, this 2023 series pays homage to one of the greatest American writers: Edgar Allan Poe. The series follows the last days of the Ushers, a billionaire clan, as death takes them one by one, and they are simply unable to stop it from happening.

The Fall of the House of Usher is based on Poe's eponymous story, and each character takes their name from a character in Poe's bibliography. Pieces like "The Raven," "The Spectacles," and "Tamerlane" inspired each of these character's storylines and definitely hint at their demise. Poe lovers surely saw it coming, but viewers who went into the series without this information will be surprised to learn about how faithful these adaptations were.

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Mike Flanagan is becoming a fan-favorite of the horror genre community. His shows and movies have reinvigorated horror fandom. Flanagan's time at Netflix paved the way for some of the best horror media to date. His latest series, The Fall of The House of Usher, is his scariest yet.

The Fall of The House of Usher is loosely based on a set of Edgar Allan Poe short stories. While spooky tales, they are admittedly dated to their era. Flanagan wisely changes the setting for modern audiences. The Fall of The House of Usher's characters are loosely based on a wealthy family that runs a large corporation. In other words, they are all playing incredibly damaged and evil people.

Flanagan Is Making a Statement

Our leading family in the series is known as the Ushers. They have reached a level of fame and status that makes them untouchable to the public.

During an interview last week, Tom Hiddleston (Loki) confirmed that his work on the film The Life of Chuck – the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – was complete. Flanagan has since taken to social media to confirm that filming has wrapped completely… and to let us know that The Life of Chuck is not a horror movie. Which makes sense, since we’ve previously heard that the movie will be similar in tone to the likes of Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile (and Hiddleston himself compared it to The Shawshank Redemption).

Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck consists of three separate stories linked...

Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) is headed back into the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Flanagan has announced that production has wrapped.

Perhaps what’s more notable here is that Flanagan’s announcement thread highlights what to expect. Or rather, what not to expect: The Life of Chuck won’t be a horror movie.

That’s probably not a surprise to those familiar with the source short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds. The Life of Chuck is three separate stories linked together to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death from a brain tumor at 39 and ending with his childhood in a supposedly haunted house.

Flanagan said, “Now I’m back to LA to edit (cannot wait), and start the long road of expectation setting that The Life of Chuck isn’t a horror movie.” The...

Mike Flanagan – who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – recently went into production on another King adaptation, The Life of Chuck… and now, during an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, star Tom Hiddleston (Loki) has confirmed that his work on the film has been completed. While talking about the film, Hiddleston also compared it to one of the most popular King adaptations, The Shawshank Redemption!

Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck consists of three separate stories linked to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a supposedly haunted house.

Hiddleston is playing Chuck, with Mark Hamill (Star Wars) playing a character named Albie.

The Fall of the House of Usher includes a double Easter egg for fans of Mike Flanagan's past horror film, Ouija: Origin of Evil. The set photo shared by Flanagan on Twitter reveals Lulu Wilson holding the actual board and planchette from the previous film, which can be seen in episode 1. The series also features other Easter eggs from the Flanaverse and hidden details referencing Edgar Allan Poe, including references to Flanagan's other films and Poe's works like "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado."

A set photo from The Fall of the House of Usher reveals a double Easter egg for a past Mike Flanagan horror film. Based on the eponymous short story and other works by Edgar Allan Poe, the latest Netflix horror series from Flanagan follows a family dynasty whose heirs begin dying in mysterious ways. The Fall of the House of Usher cast includes...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Fall of the House of Usher.

The Fall of the House of Usher creator Mike Flanagan shares a new behind-the-scenes photo from the show's set, showing the cast members in their death makeup. Each episode of the show chronicles the death of a different member of the Usher family, a structure that could remove narrative tension. The series excels with this structure, however, with strong writing, performances, and lot of suspense making the story just as thrilling, even though each character's fate is apparent relatively early on.

A new The Fall of the House of Usher set photo shows off the cast looking cheerful in their death makeup. Based on a collection of works from Edgar Allan Poe, creator Mike Flanagan's new Netflix horror series was released on the streamer last month to glowing reviews. The show follows the family members of a pharmaceutical company...

Finished watching Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Fall of the House of Usher“? Want to own some screen-used props from the show? Propstore has you covered later this month!

Intrepid Pictures in partnership with Propstore – one of the world’s leading entertainment memorabilia auctioneers – has announced an exclusive auction of iconic props and memorabilia from the show, celebrating its rich storytelling and mesmerizing visuals.

The online auction will feature over 150 items from November 15th – 29th, with Intrepid Pictures donating 100% of their net proceeds to Safe Project, a national nonprofit committed to overcoming the American addiction epidemic.

“The Fall of the House of Usher,” made for Netflix by acclaimed genre creator Mike Flanagan, has achieved rave reviews highlighting its stunning cinematography and haunting narrative inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Now, fans and collectors worldwide will have the chance to own a carefully curated selection of props, costumes, and memorabilia from the show,...

The Fall of the House of Usher is a horror show centered around a corrupt pharmaceutical company CEO and his family being tormented by a mysterious woman from the past. The show features powerful performances from actors like Bruce Greenwood and Carla Gugino, and loosely adapts works of Edgar Allan Poe. The sound design in the show focuses on creating atmospheric locations, such as Roderick's dilapidated childhood house and Fortunato's glass conference room, to enhance the storytelling.

Mike Flanagan has reunited with Netflix one final time for The Fall of the House of Usher. The horror show centers on Roderick Usher, CEO of the corrupt pharmaceutical company Fortunato, as he and his descendants and sister are tormented by a mysterious woman from his past, utilizing their various sins against them in brutal and haunting fashion.

Bruce Greenwood and Carla Gugino lead the ensemble The Fall of the House of Usher cast alongside Rahul Kohli,...

The Fall of the House of Usher star Kate Siegel revealed that her character Camille L’Espanaye was inspired by an animated Disney character.

In an interview clip posted on X, Siegel opened up about her inspiration for playing Camille in Mike Flanagan’s newest supernatural thriller The Fall of the House of Usher. She shared that her character was based on Mirage, one of the supporting characters from Disney’s 2004 animated classic The Incredibles. "When I was a little girl, she was like my Jessica Rabbit. Like I thought she was the most beautiful woman I could imagine," Siegel revealed. "She is the one that tricks Mr. Incredible into coming, and being kidnapped. Once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it. So sorry to spoil all of your childhood dreams, but Camille is just Mirage."

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Horror enthusiasts have another reason to celebrate as Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Life of Chuck‘ takes shape. Initially teasing fans with big names such as Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, and Karen Gillan, the excitement intensified with the inclusion of horror legends Heather Langenkamp and Matthew Lillard.

It’s interesting to note that this isn’t the first collaboration between Flanagan and Langenkamp. They previously teamed up for Netflix’s ‘The Midnight Club,’ which aired back in 2022. While Langenkamp’s return to Flanagan’s fold has garnered attention, the addition of Matthew Lillard, famed for roles in ‘Scream’ and ‘Thirteen Ghosts,’ further beefs up the roster.

And the surprises don’t end there. Mia Sara, remembered fondly from ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Out,’ makes a significant comeback after a hiatus from the limelight. Others joining the project include David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillén, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Antonio Raul Corbo,...

The Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan announced the full cast of his newest Stephen King adaptation, which has already begun filming in Alabama.

Posted on X, Flanagan welcomed 21 new actors to the cast of the upcoming movie adaptation of The Life of Chuck, based on King’s horror short story from his 2020 novel If It Bleeds. These include horror icons Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) and Matthew Lillard, who will be joining previously confirmed cast members Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Jacob Tremblay. This marks the second time that Langenkamp is collaborating with Flanagan, after working together in Netflix’s 2022 horror thriller series The Midnight Club.

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Besides Langenkamp and Lillard, the Doctor Sleep filmmaker has also enlisted Ferris Bueller’s Day Out actress Mia Sara, who will be making her...

The Fall of the House of Usher features an ensemble cast and showcases some of Mike Flanagan's most grandiose production, including gruesome deaths of Usher family members. FuseFX VFX Supervisor Marshall Krasser discusses the team's work in creating memorable set pieces for the show and reveals that some artists opted out of disturbing sequences. Krasser explains the challenges faced in designing the factory and the pendulum sequence, emphasizing the importance of attention to detail and staying true to the Gothic feel of a Poe story.

Mike Flanagan has delivered his biggest and bloodiest project to date with The Fall of the House of Usher. Based both on Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous short story and a variety of his other works, the Netflix show finds the descendants of a corrupt pharmaceutical CEO coming under attack from a mysterious woman with ominous ties to the family patriarch's past, resulting in...

This post contains spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher and other Mike Flanagan works.

Acid raining from the sky, bodies melting into globs of indiscernible flesh, a troubled boy sucking the last bits of breath into his decimated lungs.

These sights and so much more punctuate the climax to the second episode of The Fall of the House of Usher, easily the most ghastly death in a series full of unsettling ends. Any horror filmmaker would be happy to craft such an upsetting scene, but that’s not all that Usher creator Mike Flanagan can do.

Just moments before young Prospero Usher (Sauriyan Sapkota) gets liquified, he’s met by Verna (Carla Gugino), a woman who haunts every member of the Usher family. Apropos of the Edgar Allan Poe story that gives the episode its title “The Masque of the Red Death,” Verna arrives at the rave...

When it was first announced that Mike Flanagan – who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – would be directing another King adaptation, The Life of Chuck, there were two actors already attached to the project: Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars). Once filming got underway in Alabama earlier this month (the independent production was able to secure a SAG interim agreement that allows it to film while the Screen Actors Guild strike is still going on), it was revealed that Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Jacob Tremblay (The Predator) are also in the cast. And now Flanagan has taken to social media to reveal the names of the rest of the characters – a list that includes A Nightmare on Elm Street...

Matthew Lillard, Harvey Guillén and more have joined Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Stephen King film adaptation, “The Life of Chuck.”

“I’m pleased to announce the rest of our ensemble who join Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay to the production which kicked off in Alabama under an interim agreement earlier this month,” Flanagan wrote on X/Twitter.

Along with Lillard and Guillén, newcomers include Kate Siegel, Mia Sara, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Benjamin Pajak, Antonio Raul Corbo, David Dastmalchian, Carl Lumbly, Annalise Basso, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kholi, Matt Biedel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Michael Trucco, Violet McGraw, Molly C. Quinn, Heather Langenkamp and Taylor Gordon in her acting debut.

“‘The Life of Chuck’ is a very personal story for me, and a movie I am so grateful will be in the world,” Flanagan continued.

Based on three interconnected stories from King’s 2020 novella “If It Bleeds,...

Horror director Mike Flanagan announces the full cast for his upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, including nine returning actors from The Fall of the House of Usher. Flanagan expresses his gratitude for the opportunity to bring this personal story to the big screen and promises to keep fans updated with more information as the project progresses. The cast includes talented individuals, some of whom Flanagan has previously collaborated with, demonstrating his commitment to working with his trusted team.

Horror director Mike Flanagan has confirmed the full cast for his upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King short story The Life of Chuck, including nine returnees from The Fall of the House of Usher. The story of the film follows Chuck Krantz, starting with his death and going back to his time growing up in a haunted house. This unique way of storytelling is what will...

Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) is headed back into the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Flanagan has announced the full cast today.

Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger), Tom Hiddleston (Crimson Peak) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) had already been announced for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation, and a thread from Flanagan on Twitter this afternoon reveals that Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) will also star.

The full cast also features fresh faces and returning Mike Flanagan regulars including…

Mia Sara, Benjamin Pajak, Trinity Jo-li Bliss, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Antonio Raul Corbo, Harvey Guillen, David Dastmalchian, Kate Siegel, Carl Lumbly, Annalise Basso, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Matt Biedel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Michael Trucco, Violet McGraw and Molly C. Quinn.

Flanagan tweets, “The Life of Chuck...

When it comes to blood and guts in The Fall of the House of Usher, the death of Tamerlane Usher (Samantha Sloyan) falls right in the middle of the scale. The honor of the gnarliest death goes to either Perry's (Sauriyan Sapkota) acid shower, Camille's (Kate Siegel) bloody chimpanzee attack, or Frederick's (Henry Thomas) bisection. Tamerlane's is still a painful-looking death, with shattering mirrors around her home and shards impaling her entire body. While it's way less gorey than her siblings' endings, Tamerlane gets a beautiful-looking death. It's an extremely aesthetically pleasing scene, from the apartment cloaked in a rich, absinthe green somewhat reminiscent of Hitchcock's Vertigo, to Tamerlane dressed in a gorgeous matching dress, to the final slow-motion matrix jump at the end to smash a mirror on the ceiling before it all comes crashing down on top of her. While it's an intensely distressing sequence,...

The article contains spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher.

In a recent Tumblr post, The Fall of the House of Usher creator Mike Flanagan addresses the theory that the Usher kids represent the seven deadly sins. He clarifies that Roderick only has six children and jokes that the movie Se7en already did it better. Flanagan acknowledges that viewers are free to interpret the series differently, but he wanted to debunk this specific theory. He also points out that he explored more overtly religious themes in his show Midnight Mass.

The Fall of the House of Usher creator Mike Flanagan addresses the Seven Deadly Sins theory. In his last Netflix show before moving to Prime Video, Flanagan adapts the works of Edgar Allan Poe to tell the story of corrupt pharmaceutical company CEO Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood), who sees his children die off one by one after the...

[This story contains spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher.]

With Mike Flanagan’s latest, the Edgar Allen Poe-inspired The Fall of the House of Usher, production designer Laurin Kelsey had a lot of houses on her hands.

The Netflix horror series goes full-tilt into Poe, complete with episode titles referencing one of his notable works, and the main home of the series’ patriarch (played by Bruce Greenwood) being a twist on the one featured in the late writer’s original short story. It also stars Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, T’Nia Miller, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Kyliegh Curran, Carla Gugino, Carly Lumbly, Zack Gilford and Willa Fitzgerald.

The Fall of the House of Usher follows the lives (and deaths) that surround siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher, the ruthless founders of the Fortunato Pharmaceuticals empire. Literally built on the pain of others, their family’s wealth, privilege and power...

The Fall of the House of Usher is a modern twist on Edgar Allan Poe's tales, focusing on a family haunted by their sins. The ensemble cast, including Carla Gugino and Mark Hamill, delivers both grandiose set pieces and intricate character drama. The production design of the show successfully incorporates Poe's Gothic and creepy aesthetics into both modern and period sets.

Some of Edgar Allan Poe's most iconic tales are getting a modern twist with The Fall of the House of Usher. Created by The Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan and adapting a variety of the author's works, the Netflix horror show centers on the eponymous family of a pharmaceutical company CEO as they all find themselves punished for their various sins by a mysterious woman from the family patriarch's past.

The Fall of the House of Usher ensemble cast features a number of Flanagan vets and newcomers,...

Anyone who’s read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” knew the Netflix series was going to end with horror, vengeance and a dilapidating house symbolizing the ruin of a once-great family. But leave it to show creators Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy to turn a literary classic on its head.

While paying homage to the short story it’s named after, “The Fall of the House of Usher” managed to wrap up its complicated story of familial greed and failure while also sneaking in a couple of extra Poe Easter eggs. Consider this your guide on how this creepy miniseries ends.

How does “The Fall of the House of Usher” end?

In Episode 8 “The Raven,” Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) finally explains to Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Auguste Dupin (Carl Lumbly) exactly why he’s responsible for the deaths of his children.

Years ago, he...

Mike Flanagan’s final series for Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and it’s available to stream now. The limited eight-episode series is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and that is reflected in every facet of the series, right down to its production design.

In the series, “Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege, and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.”

The Usher family is played by Bruce Greenwood (Roderick Usher), Mary McDonnell (Madeline Usher), Henry Thomas (Frederick Usher), T’Nia Miller (Victorine Lafourcade), Samantha Sloyan (Tamerlane Usher), Rahul Kohli (Napoleon “Leo” Usher), Kate Siegel (Camille L’Espanaye), Sauriyan Sapkota (Prospero “Perry” Usher), Kyliegh Curran (Lenore Usher), and Zach Gilford and Willa Fitzgerald as young Roderick and Madeline respectively.

Roderick Usher’s got more family members than a raven has feathers. So let’s make like Mirabel Madrigal and kick off this recap of The Fall of the House of Usher’s premiere episode with a round of introductions.

We’ll start with the man himself, Roderick (played by Bruce Greenwood, The Resident) and his twin sister, Madeline (Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Galactica), the heads of a pharmaceutical company that has made billions off its patented opioid painkiller. Madeline has no children but Roderick has many: Frederick (Henry Thomas, The Haunting of Hill House), the eldest offspring, yet a manchild; Tamerlane (Samantha Sloyan,...

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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" may only be a few thousand words long, but in Mike Flanagan's sprawling and savage new Netflix series, it takes a whole lot longer for the members of House Usher to reach their ultimate fate. Across the series' eight episodes, members of the wealthy pharmaceutical family die disturbing and complex deaths at the hands of a curse patriarch Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) and his sister Madeline (Mary McDonnell) agreed to years ago. In a clever twist, though, each death ties back to a famous (or lesser-known) story or poem from the famously bleak author, all of them reimagined for a modern audience.

Flanagan's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is entertaining whether or not you recognize the stories behind its goriest moments, but the filmmaker...

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Mike Flanagan's latest horror mini-series, "The Fall of the House of Usher," transposes the stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the 21st century. In this retelling, "The House of Usher" is a nouveau riche dynasty and the owners of a pharmaceutical corporation, Fortunato. Twin siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline (Mary McDonnell) sit at the head of that table, with other seats filled by Roderick's spoiled adult children -- six of them, from five different mothers, who all stand to inherit a piece of his fortune. Comparisons to the recently concluded "Succession" have already begun.

Like the Roy family in "Succession," the Ushers have made their fortune by poisoning society. The Roys, as the owners of media conglomerate Waystar Royco, reshaped the mind of the American consumer with far-right political propaganda. Their "news" network, Atn, is Fox in all but name.

For the absurdly wealthy, it can seem like nothing in their lofty lives of opulence and egomania is the same as anything in our own. Their luxuries (indefinite trips around the world) are not our luxuries. Their worries our not our worries. Their rules are not our rules — even, it turns out, the golden one. Within Mike Flanagan’s interpretation of the Usher family, at least, the well-known advice of “do unto others” is little more than a punch line. Roderick (Bruce Greenwood), the patriarch of the pharmaceutical scions, explains how a joke he once told his children morphed into an accidental family motto. “It was in a comic book,” he says during an early episode of “The Fall of the House of Usher.” “‘The Wizard of Id’ — No. 4, I think, late ’60s — and the cover had a stout little king standing in a green tower.” The king bellows out to his pupils,...

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To say there’s a lot going on in The Fall of the House of Usher is to put it lightly. This Netflix title is…

– The latest (and likely final) spooky Netflix series from horror maestro Mike Flanagan before he moves on to his new overall deal at Amazon.

– A deeply angry allegory about the human wreckage wrought from the opioid crisis.

– An adaption of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

– An Easter egg and reference bonanza of the rest of the Gothic literature titan’s classic works.

While all of those elements are of equal importance, it’s the Poe aspects that really shine through. Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher may just be the most effusive love letter to America’s spooky uncle that has ever been penned.

For most people, choices made incur consequences. One of the most intriguing components of life is the realization that we all have a tab, and at one point or another, a bill will come due. The 1% who hold the majority of the wealth and influence globally typically don’t abide by these same rules. The upper echelons of society move through life seemingly without repercussions by leaching off the powerless. Mike Flanagan’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which earns its title from an 1839 Edgar Allen Poe story, showcases the demise of a family who, after being afforded every opportunity, eventually pays the price for their rampant monstrosity.

As the series opens, fans are introduced to Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood), the graying CEO of Fortunado Industries — a massive pharmaceutical conglomerate with a signature drug that’s equivalent to the highly addictive opioid OxyContin. Though he has everything at his fingertips,...

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is Mike Flanagan's best Netflix show yet, a darkly humorous and contemplative tragedy that weaves the works of Edgar Allen Poe into a riveting tale of horror and hubris. The series features a talented cast, including Flanagan regulars, who relish their roles as deliciously evil characters within the Usher family. While the show includes jump scares and unsettling demonic entities, the true horror lies in the deteriorating relationships and the excessive violence, which the series never takes too seriously, resulting in a macabre and laugh-out-loud funny experience.

Mike Flanagan has long served as Netflix's horror maestro and, now that he has bid farewell to the streaming service, the writer-director gets one hell of a goodbye. The Fall of the House of Usher is Flanagan's best Netflix show yet, an operatic tragedy that uses the works of Edgar Allen Poe to weave a...

We’re just hours away from the premiere of Mike Flanagan‘s last series for the Netflix streaming service, the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. The show is set to begin streaming this Thursday, October 12th… but if you want to know the episode titles, the runtimes, and the writing and directing credits before Usher is released, the folks at Mike Flanagan Source have us covered.

Here’s the line-up:

Episode 1: A Midnight Dreary (56 minutes) – Written and directed by Mike Flanagan

Episode 2: The Masque of the Red Death (61 minutes) – Directed by Mike Flanagan, written by Mike Flanagan and Emily Grinwis

Episode 3: Murder in the Rue Morgue (60 minutes) – Directed by Michael Fimognari, written by Mike Flanagan and Justina Ireland

Episode 4: The Black Cat (62 minutes) – Directed by Michael Fimognari, written by Mike Flanagan and Matt Johnson

Episode 5: The Tell-Tale Heart...

Among the glut of programming that has either documented the ills of the pharmaceutical industry (Hulu’s “Dopesick” and Netflix’s “Painkiller”) or the rotted core of the uber rich one wouldn’t necessarily expect another iteration to come from Netflix’s horror TV impresario Mike Flanagan. Even more surprising would be that such an allegory would be grafted onto the stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

It’s a bit of a curious and bold gambit on paper — a limited series that loosely bases each episode off of a different Poe work (its title comes from a Poe story of the same name), all of which adds up to a big pharma horror parable — but who better to pull it off than Flanagan? The series creator, who co-wrote the show and directs half of its episodes, has become a sturdy (and incredibly popular) hand behind a consistent stream of ambitious...

On a dark night, pharma tycoon Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) invites an old acquaintance to meet him in his childhood home. Auguste Dupin (Carl Lumbly), an attorney with the U.S. government, is surprised by the overture: He’s arguing a landmark lawsuit against Roderick’s company for its driving role in the opioid epidemic, and he’s never gotten the elusive magnate on the record. So, he approaches the boarded-up house at the end of a cul-de-sac, its rotting frame illuminated only by the pale glow of distant lightning. Inside, Roderick shocks Auguste by confessing his guilt—not only accepting the accusations against his company, but claiming responsibility for the recent, mystifying deaths of his six children.

Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher reimagines Edgar Allan Poe’s oeuvre as a remarkably nimble, tonally capacious collection of fables. The eight-part series sets its events in the...

Mike Flanagan‘s company Intrepid Pictures has moved on from the Netflix streaming service and is now set up with a multi-year deal at Amazon’s Prime Video, but there’s still one last Flanagan-produced series coming to Netflix. It’s the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired limited series The Fall of the House of Usher, which will be available to watch as of this Thursday, October 12th. With the release date just hours away, a new promo has arrived online to let us be warned that Carla Gugino’s character is coming to cause trouble. You can check it out in the embed above.

Here’s the set-up for Poe’s story The Fall of the House of Usher: Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline are the only two surviving members of the aristocratic Usher family. For many years, they have lived together in the ancient mansion which is their ancestral family home.

The Fall of the House of Usher posters offer clues to the character's fate, adding to the mystery of the upcoming Netflix horror miniseries. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story, the show follows a family dynasty crumbling due to increasingly mysterious deaths. With a talented ensemble cast, including Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, and Mark Hamill, the series promises an exciting and suspenseful watch.

The Fall of the House of Usher posters contain clues to each character's fate. Loosely based on the short story of the same name and other works by Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Flanagan's upcoming horror miniseries for Netflix follows a family dynasty that begins to crumble as its heirs begin dying in mysterious ways. The Fall of the House of Usher cast, which includes a few frequent Flanagan collaborators, is comprised of Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, T'Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel,...