Director Mike Flanagan ’s upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King ’s The Life of Chuck has found a home at NEON. They are in the process of “closing a distribution deal” to acquire the film in the wake of it winning the People’s Choice Award at TIFF.

The Life of Chuck, the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, has found a home with Neon, the distributor of Longlegs.

Neon has given life to “Chuck.” On Thursday, the indie distributor announced it had acquired Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” with plans to debut it in theaters next summer. The film, which is based on the novella by Stephen King,

"The Life of Chuck” is closing a distribution deal with Neon after winning Toronto Film Festival’s prestigious people’s choice award. TIFF’s audience prize has historically been a reliable predictors of eventual Oscar success.

We at Deadline are not here to bend time; it seems enough that our readers who rely on us to break virtually every festival deal story know that the other side fudged it): The Life of Chuck, the Mike Flanagan-directed genre-bending film that won the Audience Prize at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,

Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of the Stephen King Novella The Life of Chuck has landed distribution. Neon will release the movie that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, going on to win the audience award.