The Bride! cast member John Magaro says Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein movie is wild ride and compares it to some classics

About a year and a half ago, word leaked out thatMaggie Gyllenhaalwas set to write and direct a film calledThe Bride!, a new take on the concept of the 1935 classicThe Bride of Frankenstein(watch itHERE).Once thought to be set up at the Netflix streaming service, this one is actually happening at Warner Bros., and the studio has set the film for a theatrical release, IMAX screens included, onOctober 3, 2025. Gyllenhaal has assembled a strong cast for the film that includes Penelope Cruz, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Julianne Hough, John Magaro, Jeannie Berlin, and her brother Jake Gyllenhaal, with Jessie Buckley as The Bride and Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s Monster. Magaro is currently doing press for the film September 5, where he shares the screen with Sarsgaard, and he told The Hollywood Reporter that The Bride! is wild, fun, and bonkers – and also compared it to some classic films.
The Bride!has the following synopsis:A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police and a wild and radical social movement.
This isn’t a Universal project, but it wouldn’t be the firstBride of Frankensteinremake to be made by a different company. In 1985, Columbia Pictures brought us another movie simply calledThe Bride, which starred Sting as Baron Charles Frankenstein, Jennifer Beals as Eva (the bride) and Clancy Brown as Viktor (the monster). A few years ago, it wasannouncedthat Scarlett Johansson was going to star in a similar project calledBridefor A24 and Apple, but that still hasn’t made it into production.
Magaro told The Hollywood Reporter, “Peter [Sarsgaard] was kind enough to recommend me to his wife [Maggie Gyllenhaal] forThe Bride!, so I had a really good time shooting it last spring. It’s a wild movie. It’s very different thanThe Lost Daughter, Maggie’s previous film that she directed. It’s like a mix of a Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie,Young Frankenstein,Frankenstein,Bonnie and Clyde,andBadlands. It’s just a wild, fun ride, and at the helm is Christian Bale and the amazing Jessie Buckley. It’s something that people haven’t seen before, and I’m really excited to get it in front of an audience. It’s bonkers.“
What do you think of Magaro’s description of The Bride!? Share your thoughts on this wild ride by leaving a comment below.
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