Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck could be on track for a big Oscar win, judging by its recent success at the Toronto Film Festival…
The new sci-fi film took home the People's Choice Award at this year's event. Past best picture winners such as Green Book, 12 Years a Slave, The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire and Chariots of Fire have all received the same award, which bodes well for a win at the Academy Awards in 2025.
At the very least, it looks set to land a nomination for the Oscars' most prestigious award, as did previous People's Choice Awards titles La La Land, The Fabelmans, Silver Linings Playbook, this year's American Fiction and more.
Based on a short story found in the author's If It Bleeds collection (along with Mr. Harrigan's Phone, which inspired the 2022 Netflix film), The Life of Chuck follows protagonist Charles “Chuck” Krantz (Loki's Tom Hiddleston) as he travels back in time to see his life play out in reverse order after his death.
Chuck, who died at the age of 39 from a brain tumor, returns to live in a supposedly haunted house, before finding himself living there again (well, it wouldn't be a Flanagan movie without a few scares, right?).
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 first collaborated with Flanagan on The Fall of the House of Usher. Other recurring members of the Flana family who appear in the film include Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli and Jacob Tremblay.
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 the best sci-fi movies of all time or our ranking of Mike Flanagan's shows on Netflix for some inspiration.