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Mike Flanagan Closes SXSW London With ‘Life of Chuck’ as Director Hails ‘Beauty’ of Horror, Apologizes for ‘Killing’ Blumhouse’s ‘Ouija’ Franchise
Mike Flanagan closes SXSW London with 'Life of Chuck' as the director hails the 'beauty' of horror, apologizes for 'killing' 'Ouija' franchise
Despite the feature being the filmmaker’s first major foray away from horror, in a wide-ranging Q&A before the screening at London’s Barbican Centre Flanagan discussed his work in the genre (and love of it), his ongoing collaborations with Stephen King and even offered some tidbits about his upcoming “Carrie” TV series. Asked if he’d ever directed a horror that was “fun and balls to the wall” and didn’t “emotionally cripple the viewer,” he pointed to 2016’s Blumhouse sequel “Ouija: Origin of Evil.” Throughout the week, speakers included Idris Elba, Julian Lennon and Nile Rodgers plus the CEOs of Twitch, WPP, OnlyFans and Google Deepmind.
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