For her second function movie, The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal is altering instructions fully and going for a Frankenstein horror film that’s been described as “punk.”
The actress first branched off into directing in 2021 along with her Netflix Oscar-nominated debut The Misplaced Daughter — an intense psychological drama about moms and their daughters primarily based on an Elena Ferrante novel. After a profitable first try, she’s now specializing in her self-described “child quantity 2,” this time at Warner Bros, after Netflix allegedly handed on in favor of Guillermo del Toro’s personal Frankenstein film.
Who stars in The Bride!?
The forged for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is star-packed and full of reunions for the director and the actors. Jessie Buckley, whose profession acquired a substantial increase after starring in Gyllenhaal’s first movie, is again working with the director because the titular character — the bride of Frankenstein. Becoming a member of her is Christian Bale because the monster. This will likely be Bale and Gyllenhaal’s first time working collectively since she performed Rachel Dawes to his Bruce Wayne in The Darkish Knight.
Gyllenhaal’s husband, Peter Sarsgaard, can be a part of the forged. The 2 have labored collectively recurrently prior to now. First within the unreleased indie In God’s Fingers, then in 2007’s Excessive Falls, and in an off-Broadway manufacturing of Uncle Vanya. The director additionally forged her husband in her quick movie Penelope in 2020 and in The Misplaced Daughter.
Hollywood legends Annette Bening and Penélope Cruz, in addition to actress-dancer Julianne Hough spherical up the high-profile ensemble.
What’s The Bride! about?
The Bride!‘s title signifies the film will likely be centered on the bride of Frankenstein fairly than the monster himself. In line with its official logline, the movie begins when “a lonely Frankenstein travels to Thirties Chicago to hunt the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in making a companion for himself. The 2 reinvigorate a murdered younger girl and the Bride is born. She is past what both of them supposed, igniting a flamable romance, the eye of the police and a wild and radical social motion.”
The outline is strikingly paying homage to Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest Oscar-winning Emma Stone automobile Poor Issues, which in itself had main Frankensteinian parts. Sarsgaard has spoken a bit in regards to the movie, calling it a “huge, romantic, deeply romantic, wild, punk monster film” in an interview with The Impartial, in order that at the very least affords some distinction from the 2023 film.
Bride! has been labeled a Horror/Romance/Drama on platforms like IMDb and Mubi. A digicam take a look at for the movie was carried out in April of 2024, with Gyllenhaal sharing an thrilling first have a look at her main duo. Within the footage, a pensive Buckley sports activities a bleached blonde hairdo and matching eyebrows, darkish make-up and a giant black spot on the appropriate facet of her face. In the meantime, “punk monster” Bale has Hope tattooed throughout his chest and a blazer combo paying homage to ‘70s punk style.
When is The Bride! popping out?
The Bride! is slated for an October 3, 2025 premiere, together with an IMAX launch, simply in time for Halloween.
The film is being produced by Emma Tillinger Koskoff (Joker, The Irishman), Talia Kleinhendler (The Misplaced Daughter), Osnat Handelsman-Keren (The Misplaced Daughter), and Gyllenhaal, and govt produced by Carla Raij (Maestro, The Fablemans).