The musical biopic trend continues to keep trudging along. After hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, and Elvis, Bob Dylan is the next figure to get his story told with A Complete Unknown.
The film is set to come to theatres this Christmas, and we have a new trailer with Timothee Chalamet playing the part of one of music’s most influential songwriters. Check this out:
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Admittedly, this isn’t the first attempt at a Bob Dylan biopic. Way back in 2007, Todd Haynes directed I’m Not There, a more experimental biopic on the life of Bob Dylan where the role was played by several actors including Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Ben Whishaw, and Heath Ledger.
With A Complete Unknown though, it looks like the approach is going to be the traditional biopic with Chalamet playing the role of Dylan. It’s funny that Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) should appear in the movie, because director James Mangold also directed a Johnny Cash biopic way back in 2005, and he was played by none other than Joaquin Phoenix.
Hopefully A Complete Unknown becomes an interesting look into Bob Dylan’s work as a musician, and like previous biopics, introduce a new generation of fans to his music.
A Complete Unknown comes to theatres on Dec. 25.
