Mike Flanagan's new movie "Life of Chuck," which was filmed in and around Baldwin County, is now playing in theaters.

Based on the Stephen King novella of the same name, "Life of Chuck" follows a man named Chuck Krantz, whose death coincides with the end of the universe. The story is told through reverse-chronological order, beginning with Act Three and ending with Act One, with details about his life and the events leading up to his death and the end of existence itself being revealed over the course of the film.

The movie was released in select theaters on June 6 before making its wide release on June 13, receiving positive reviews from critics. More than that, locals from Baldwin County watching the movie may recognize a few areas depicted in the film.

Probably the most recognizable part of Baldwin County that can be seen in the film is OWA Parks & Resort in Foley. A scene that is also featured in the film's trailer shows the front of what many will recognize as Murder Creek Distillery located on the Downtown OWA campus. Other locations in and around Baldwin County include Bay Minette Elementary School, Old Daphne Methodist Cemetery and Fairhope Health Foods in the Eastern Shore Shopping Center, along with several streets and neighborhoods in Fairhope, Daphne and Spanish Fort. The film was also shot along Dauphin Street in Mobile.

"Filming in a community offers numerous benefits, including economic development, local job creation, tourism and the chance to expose locals to the filming industry," Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan said in a social media post. "Thank you to director Mike Flanagan and local producer Scott Lumpkin for bringing this film to Fairhope and for the shout out!"

Flanagan has filmed a few other projects in Baldwin County in the past, including "Oculus" in 2012 and "Gerald's Game" in 2017, also based on a Stephen King story.

Notable movies filmed in Baldwin County

• "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977): A portion of Stephen Spielberg's sci-fi epic was filmed in Fairhope at a house located at the intersection of Alabama Highways 104 and 181 and is currently vacant. The house can be seen early in the film when the character Barry Guiler is abducted by aliens. In 2024, the City of Fairhope approved a request to move the house to a new location to make way for a new subdivision that is currently being developed and constructed on the same property.
• "Get Out" (2017): Jordan Peele's debut as a movie director was filmed in Fairhope as well as in and around Mobile. A house located at 6892 Heathcroft Lane in Fairhope served as the basis for the home where most of the film's events take place. At the 90th Academy Awards, Peele became the first African American writer to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
• "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" (1988): The seventh installment of the slasher horror series was filmed in Bay Minette and Mobile, with the two main houses featured in the film being located at the Byrnes Lake Landing in Bay Minette. The homes seen in the movie were actually "shell houses" constructed on set and demolished following the end of the production. The film is also the debut of actor Kane Hodder as the series antagonist Jason Voorhees, playing the character in four movies, the only actor to play Jason more than once.