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The first teaser for A Complete Unknown, the upcoming biopic of the legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, was released on July 2024, 2024. The teaser shows Timothée Chalamet playing the role of Dylan and singing his song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall."
No official release date for the film has been declared yet, but as per multiple reports, it's scheduled to be released in December, 2024. Directed and co-written by James Mangold, the film also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, among others, in prominent roles.
The synopsis of A Complete Unknown on IMDb reads:
“At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation-defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.”
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When will A Complete Unknown be released?
No official release date for the film is available yet. However, BBC reported on July 24, 2024, that the film is scheduled to be released on the big screen in December, 2024, a favorable release time, considering the next year’s Oscars.
People magazine, in a report published on July 24, 2024, alsp claimed the same. Principal photography of A Complete Unknown began in March, 2024, as reported by Collider in an article published on Mar 17, 2024.
What will A Complete Unknown be about?
The film will not deal with the general biography of Bob Dylan. Rather, it will focus on one particular episode of his life that had strong implications for the world of music in general.
Around 1965, Dylan started incorporating electrically amplified instrumentation in his music. His first concert with electric instruments occurred on July 25, 1965, at the Newport Folk Festival. As a folk musician, Dylan’s adoption of electrical instruments proved controversial, but led to the emergence of what's now called folk rock.
A Complete Unknown will portray this experimental episode in Dylan’s life. In an interview given to Rolling Stone on July 24, 2024, director James Mangold confirmed that the biopic would cover the timespan starting from Dylan’s arrival in New York in January, 1961, to “72 hours after the (Newport Folk Festival) concert in ’65.”
In the teaser released by Searchlight Pictures, the arrival of an unknown and poor Dylan in New York in 1961 is shown as he keeps strumming a guitar and performing a song to a live audience. A Complete Unknown will portray how the unknown singer ended up becoming a musical icon within a few years.
Read more: 5 best movies based on Bob Dylan’s life
A Complete Unknown: cast and crew
The role of Bob Dylan is played by the Academy Award-nominee Timothée Chalamet. The last two projects of the actor are Wonka and Dune: Part Two. Talking about the actor, Mangold told Rolling Stone:
“And Timmy really carries this character from a 19-year-old boy telling tales of working on the carnival into this person that we recognize as an icon. Timmy finds the path to carry us there.”
Edward Norton stars in the film as Pete Seeger, another iconic singer and activist. Norton was recently seen in movies like Asteroid City (2023) and Glass Onion (2022), among others.
Monica Barbaro plays Joan Baez. A legendary singer, songwriter and musician in her own right, Baez was close to Dylan. Barbaro has appeared in films like Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and At Midnight (2023), among others.
The cast of A Complete Unknown also includes:
- Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo
- Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash
- Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman
- Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax
- Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie
- P. J. Byrne as Harold Leventhal
- Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth
The screenplay of the film is written by Jay Cocks and James Mangold. Chalamet also serves as a producer of the film. Other producers include Michael Bederman, Fred Berger and Bob Bookman. The film is based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald.
A Complete Unknown will be released in December, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates.
