Mike Flanagan's new movie gets surprise awards win, and it might have just made it a Best Picture frontrunner
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Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck could be on its way to a big Oscar victory, if its recent success at the Toronto Film Festival is anything to go by anyway…
At the very least it looks set to get a nomination for the Oscar’s most prestigious accolade, as previous People’s Choice Award titles La La Land, The Fabelmans, Silver Linings Playbook, this year’s American Fiction, and more did.
Having passed away from a brain tumor at 39, Chuck walks back through major events, before finding himself once again living in a supposedly haunted house. (Well, it wouldn’t be a Flanagan flick without a little bit of spookiness now, would it?)
The film also stars Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy), David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), Chiwetel Ejifor (Doctor Strange), Mia Sara (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Q’orianka Kilcher (Yellowstone), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), and Mark Hamill, who collaborated with Flanagan for the first time onThe Fall of the House of Usher. Other frequent members of the Flanafamily appearing in the movie include Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, and Jacob Tremblay.
The Life of Chuck has yet to announce an official release date, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted. In the meantime, check out our list of thebest sci-fi moviesof all time orour ranking of Mike Flanagan’s Netflix showsfor some viewing inspiration.
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