Everything We Know About the Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Led by Timothée Chalamet
Another biopic about a music icon is in the works, and this time Bob Dylan is getting the movie treatment. Timothée Chalamet is currently filming A Complete Unknown, portraying singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, and has been seen shooting scenes around New Jersey.
What is A Complete Unknown about?
The film follows the story of Bob Dylan’s big break into the music industry as a folk singer starting when he was 19 years old. A big part of the film will focus on his performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Reportedly, Chalamet will do all of his own singing in the film.
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Who is in the cast of A Complete Unknown?
Along with Chalamet starring as Dylan, the film also stars Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo (a character based on Dylan’s former partner Suze Rotolo), Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax, Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman, Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie, P.J. Byrne as Harold Leventhal, Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth, Eriko Hatsune as Toshi Seeger and Charlie Tahan as Al Kooper. It is directed by James Mangold. Mangold previously directed the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
When will A Complete Unknown be released?
A Complete Unknown will be released sometime in December 2024 in theaters. Stay tuned for the exact date. It will likely be available on streaming in 2025.
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What does Bob Dylan think about his biopic?
Director James Mangold shared, “The first time I sat down with him, Bob said, ‘What’s this movie about, Jim?’ I said, ‘It’s about a guy who’s choking to death in Minnesota, and leaves behind all his friends and family and reinvents himself in a brand new place, makes new friends, builds a new family, becomes phenomenally successful, starts to choke to death again — and runs away.” He said that Dylan, 83, smiled and said, “I like that.”
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Watch the teaser trailer for A Complete Unknown
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1968 Retrospective
January 2018
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