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Is the latest star to tackle *** musical icon. That's right. The actor is set to portray music legend Bob Dylan in an upcoming biopic from Ford versus Ferrari. Director James Mangold. The biopic is set to be based on the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, which tracks the iconic singer songwriters switch from folk music to rock. Dylan will also be executive producing the feature alongside Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights for the film. As for the actor is already in for *** busy year. He's currently in theaters with Greta Gerwig Little Women and is set for Dennis Villano Dune remake and Wes Anderson's the French dispatch. Now Bob Dylan's upcoming biopic is the latest in *** string of studio biopics about musical icons. Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody earned over $900 million at the global box office with Star Rami Malek earning the Oscar for his performance, Front man, Freddie Mercury while Taren Edgerton earned *** golden Globe over the weekend for his role as Elton John and Paramount's Rocket Man. In addition, there are *** number of other music icon biopics in the works such as that of Michael Jackson and an Elvis Presley film from Bosman with Austin Butler attached to star as the king of rock and roll. All right. For more casting updates at *** R dot com. For the Hollywood reporter news. I'm Joy.
Bob Dylan gave notes to James Mangold for film about folk legend’s life starring Timothée Chalamet
Bob Dylan, folk music legend and prolific songwriter, had some (probably very well-written) notes for director James Mangold on the script for the filmmaker’s new movie about Dylan, “A Complete Unknown.”Video above: Timothée Chalamet set to play Bob Dylan in biopic Mangold appeared on a recent episode of the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast and shared that the film, starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, has the full support from the music icon. “I’ve spent several wonderfully charming days in his company, just one-on-one, talking to him,” Mangold said, adding, “I have a script that’s personally annotated by him and treasured by me. He loves movies.”The “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director also took the opportunity to clarify that the movie shouldn’t be considered a “Bob Dylan biopic.” He said that “Bob has been so supportive of us making it” because the film is focused on a specific point in time in his life as opposed to covering his overarching life story. “It’s a kind of an ensemble piece about this moment in time, the early ’60s in New York, and this 17-year-old kid with $16 in his pockets hitchhikes his way to New York to meet Woody Guthrie who is in the hospital,” Mangold explained, in part. The film was announced in 2020 and is set to begin filming next month, Mangold said in April. Mangold also confirmed that the “Dune” star will be doing his own singing in the movie. Monica Barbaro will star alongside Chalamet as Joan Baez, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing folk singer Pete Seeger and Elle Fanning as romantic interest Sylvie Russo rounding out the cast. Dylan serves as an executive producer on the film. A release date has not yet been announced.
Bob Dylan, folk music legend and prolific songwriter, had some (probably very well-written) notes for director James Mangold on the script for the filmmaker’s new movie about Dylan, “A Complete Unknown.”
Video above: Timothée Chalamet set to play Bob Dylan in biopic
Mangold appeared on a recent episode of the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast and shared that the film, starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, has the full support from the music icon.
“I’ve spent several wonderfully charming days in his company, just one-on-one, talking to him,” Mangold said, adding, “I have a script that’s personally annotated by him and treasured by me. He loves movies.”
The “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director also took the opportunity to clarify that the movie shouldn’t be considered a “Bob Dylan biopic.” He said that “Bob has been so supportive of us making it” because the film is focused on a specific point in time in his life as opposed to covering his overarching life story.
“It’s a kind of an ensemble piece about this moment in time, the early ’60s in New York, and this 17-year-old kid with $16 in his pockets hitchhikes his way to New York to meet Woody Guthrie who is in the hospital,” Mangold explained, in part.
The film was announced in 2020 and is set to begin filming next month, Mangold said in April. Mangold also confirmed that the “Dune” star will be doing his own singing in the movie.
Monica Barbaro will star alongside Chalamet as Joan Baez, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing folk singer Pete Seeger and Elle Fanning as romantic interest Sylvie Russo rounding out the cast.
Dylan serves as an executive producer on the film. A release date has not yet been announced.
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