Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan film “A Complete Unknown” will be released at Christmas

James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic A complete unknown will be in theaters on December 25th.

The film, in which Timothée Chalamet plays Dylan, follows the Minnesota singer's rise from West Village balladeer to revolutionary folk singer. As he forges his closest relationships on his way to fame, he becomes restless in the folk movement and, unable to define himself, makes a controversial decision that reverberates culturally around the world. Mangold co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks.

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Will this film be shown at the fall film festivals? We hear no – it's not finished yet. Those who wait will be rewarded.

Mangold knows how to make a popular biopic about a music legend; his 2005 feature film Walk the line, about Johnny Cash and June Carter grossed nearly $120 million in the United States and more than $186 million worldwide, and earned Reese Witherspoon an Oscar for Best Actress after already receiving five Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix.

A complete unknown Also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz and Scoot McNairy. Producers include Fred Berger, Alex Heineman, Peter Jaysen, Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, Jeff Rosen, Chalamet and Mangold.

When it comes to post-Covid arthouse box office success, Searchlight is no match for Disney: Yorgos Lanthimos' saucy film Poor things grossed $117.6 million worldwide last year (including $34.5 million in the US and Canada) and won four Oscars, including Emma Stone's Best Actress award.

Chalamet was previously nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for Luca Guadagnino’s Call me by your nameMangold is a two-time Oscar nominee: for best picture for Ford vs Ferrari and adapted screenplay for co-authors Logan, please.

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