Stephen King says new book adaptation is ‘one of the good ones’ with fans hailing it ’best one yet

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stephen King has thrown his approval on a new movie adaptation of one of his books, calling it “one of the good ones”. Maybe not what you’d expect from me, but there ya go.” Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, who appears in the film alongside Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan, said of the film on X/Twitter: “Mike Flanagan’s unique, moving, genre-bending & life affirming The Life of Chuck, which he wrote & directed based on Stephen King‘s novella, is unlike anything Mike & Stephen have ever done before.” He called it “a feel-good apocalypse movie”. open image in gallery Stephen King praises new book adaptation as ‘one of the good ones’ The film has been met with praise from viewers, also, with TheWrap hailing it as “magnificent” and Collider calling it “a contender for being crowned the best King-originated film ever made”. King himself famously disliked Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining, once describing the 1980 release as “a big, beautiful Cadillac with no engine inside it” and branding the director’s version of Wendy - played by Shelley Duvall opposite Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance - “one of the most misogynistic characters ever put on film”.