The Bride!
The Bride! is an upcoming American gothic crime film written, co-produced, and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. The film draws inspiration from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale, itself inspired by the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.
The Bride! is scheduled to be released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 6, 2026.
Premise
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein's creature asks Dr. Euphronius to create a companion for him. They give life to a murdered woman as "the Bride," sparking romance, police interest and radical social change.Cast
- Jessie Buckley as the Bride
- Christian Bale as Frankenstein's monster
- Peter Sarsgaard as a detective
- Annette Bening as Dr. Euphronious
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Ronnie Reed
- Penélope Cruz as Myrna
- Julianne Hough
- John Magaro
- Jeannie Berlin
- Linda Emond
- Louis Cancelmi
- Matthew Maher
- Zlatko Burić
Production
Development
In August 2023, the weekly issue of Production Weekly reported an upcoming remake of the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein from Netflix, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale, and Peter Sarsgaard.Pre-production
In January 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures was producing the film and Annette Bening had joined its ensemble cast, which included Jessie Buckley as "the star of the movie", alongside Bale, Cruz, and Sarsgaard. According to Deadline Hollywood, Bale and Buckley were "circling this project well before the strikes." In March 2024, Julianne Hough came on board to star, with John Magaro and Jeannie Berlin joining the following month. In June, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie's brother, revealed he would also star.In August 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of the Warner Bros. motion picture unit with "a reputation in Hollywood for being talent whisperers with a willingness to spend", had "stepped in to foot the bill" after Netflix left the project, adding that "The movie's costs, including production and marketing, will likely exceed $100 million". Gyllenhaal emphasized the creative freedom granted to her by De Luca and Abdy.