Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill to star in film adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck

"Loki" star Tom Hiddleston and "Star Wars" veteran Mark Hamill are teaming up for feature film aptation of horror master Stephen King's " Life of Chuck".

According to entertainment portal Deline, Mike Flanagan is directing and scripting project.

Flanagan, whose credits include horror titles such as " Haunting of Hill House" and King's "Doctor Sleep", will also produce film for Intrepid Pictures alongside fellow producer Trevor Macy.

Based on short story from Stephen King's 2020 anthology "If It Bleeds", " Life of Chuck" is three separate stories linked to tell biography of Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death from a brain tumour at 39 and ending with his childhood in a supposedly haunted house.

script, which was apted prior to Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, has been in works for several months with Hiddleston set to play title character and Hamill joining for role of Albie.

According to production, genre project will draw tonally from "Stand By Me", " Shawshank Redemption" and " Green Mile".

" Life of Chuck" is latest project to join a bumper Cannes market slate for FilmNation. Also part of line-up are Amy ams-Paul Rudd comedy " Invite", action-thriller " Cooler" starring Dave Bautista, and "Voyrs" with Andrew Garfield, among ors.