Girl … pal … spouse.
Jessie Buckley is the platinum blond bride of Frankenstein in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial function, “The Bride.” Followers bought their first have a look at the darkish movie Tuesday due to a trailer launched by Warner Bros.
“The Bride,” set in Nice Melancholy-era Chicago, follows a Frankenstein variant named Frank (Christian Bale) who recruits Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) to trend him an undead soulmate.
“What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!” in accordance with the movie’s official synopsis.
The film is about to hit theaters in March.
Within the trailer, the titular Bride is the unknowing product of Frank and the physician’s darkish scheme, alternating between loyal naivete to her companion and a lingering curiosity about the place she comes from. That includes Halloween hues and a darkish synthy backing observe, the teaser suggests an edgy twist on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein” and James Whale’s 1935 movie “Bride of Frankenstein,” at one level flashing in oversize orange textual content, “Here comes the mother f— bride.”
Gyllenhaal, who additionally wrote and co-produced the movie, shared the trailer Tuesday on Instagram.
“Thrilled (and a little terrified) to give you a peek at my new baby,” she mentioned in her publish. “Here we go. Are you ready??”
Rosamund Pike, Olivia Wilde and Gyllenhaal’s brother Jake, who additionally stars in “The Bride,” left feedback of help.
Gyllenhaal made her function directorial debut in 2021 with “The Lost Daughter,” an adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel by the identical title. The movie, which additionally starred Buckley, acquired a slew of awards, together with greatest function and breakthrough director on the Gotham Awards. It additionally landed Gyllenaal her second Academy Award nomination for tailored screenplay.
“The Bride” is the second Frankenstein adaptation set to reach within the subsequent six months, following Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” which opens in theaters Oct. 17 and streams Nov. 7 on Netflix. Jacob Elordi of “Euphoria” fame will star as Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s monster.
The Frankenstein mythos has additionally impressed a number of movies in recent times, together with Zelda Williams’ “Lisa Frankenstein” (2024) and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” (2023), which earned Emma Stone an Oscar.
