Netflix subscribers know and love Mike Flanagan for his horror TV show adaptations of the classics, including The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023). Now, Flanagan takes his talents to the big screen with The Life of Chuck, a sci-drama based on the Stephen King novella of the same name.
Written and directed by Flanagan, and adapted from King’s 2020 novella, The Life of Chuck stars Tom Hiddleston as Charles “Chuck” Krantz. We follow Chuck’s life in reverse-chronological order, and experience with him the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and so much more. Also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, and Mark Hamill, The Life of Chuck premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival to positive reviews. Now, finally, the movie is coming to theaters.
Here’s what to know about where to watch The Life of Chuck movie, and when we expect to be able to watch The Life of Chuck movie on streaming on Hulu.
The Life of Chuck will only available to watch in a movie theater, when it opens in the U.S. in theaters on Friday, April 4. You can find a showing near you via Fandango. The Life of Chuck is not yet available to watch online or on streaming.
The Life of Chuck is not streaming on Netflix and likely will not be on Netflix any time soon, due to the fact that the film is a Neon release, and most Neon movies stream on Hulu, not Netflix, thanks to the Neon and Hulu output deal. The Life of Chuck will be available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime after the movie is released on digital, but it will not be available to stream for free with a Prime subscription any time soon, because it is not a Prime original.
If you want to watch The Life of Chuck movie at home, you’ll have to wait for the film to be available to buy or rent on digital platforms, or wait for it to stream on Hulu.
If you’re new to Hulu, you can get started with a 30-day free trial on the streamer’s basic (with ads) plan. After the trial period, you’ll pay $9.99/month. If you want to upgrade to Hulu ad-free, it costs $18.99/month.
If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the Disney+ Bundles, all of which include Hulu. These bundles start at $10.99/month for ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu and goes up to $29.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max, all ad-free.
Unless the final stage of the Disney+ and Hulu merger finally happens, you’ll likely see The Life of Chuck streaming on Hulu sometime in the next six months. Another Neon movie, Presence, began streaming on Hulu a little over four months after it opened in theaters. If The Life of Chuck follows a similar release pattern, you may see The Life of Chuck on Hulu around late October or early November 2025. On the other hand, another Neon release, It Lives Inside, began streaming on Hulu just three months after opening in theaters—so it’s not a hard and fast rule.
This is all speculation. If you want to watch The Life of Chuck right away, you can catch the movie in theaters.