The First Teaser for ‘The Bride!’ Is Monstrously Intriguing

Step apart, Poor Issues, and take Joker: Folie à Deux with you while you go: the primary teaser trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is right here. Anybody who was questioning whether or not the world has sufficient bandwidth for 2 Frankenstein films within the span of some months can breathe straightforward; The Bride! appears to be like prefer it has a wholly completely different, much more chaotic vitality than what Guillermo del Toro‘s obtained cooking.

The Bride! has been touted as a musical, however there’s only a small trace of that on this teaser. As a substitute, it leans closely into what appears to be like to be a wild romance between Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his newly revived bride (Jessie Buckley):

It’s billed as a “daring, iconoclastic tackle one of many world’s most compelling tales,” and right here’s the official description:

“A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to Thirties Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The 2 revive a murdered younger lady and the Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is past what both of them imagined: Homicide! Possession! A wild and radical cultural motion! And outlaw lovers in a wild and flamable romance!”

The remainder of the forged consists of Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz; Maggie Gyllenhaal directs and in addition wrote the screenplay. The Bride! arrives March 6, 2026.

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