# The Bride!

The Bride! is an upcoming American musical monster film written, directed, and produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, and starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Annette Bening. The film draws inspiration from James Whale's 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, itself adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
The film is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on September 26, 2025.

## Premise

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

## Cast

* Jessie Buckley as Frankenstein's bride
* Christian Bale as Frankenstein's monster
* Penélope Cruz as Myrna
* Peter Sarsgaard as a detective
* Annette Bening
* Julianne Hough
* John Magaro
* Jeannie Berlin
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Linda Emond
* Louis Cancelmi
* Matthew Maher

## Production

In August 2023, the weekly issue of Production Weekly revealed an upcoming remake of the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein from Netflix, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale, and Peter Sarsgaard (Gyllenhaal's husband). Later that month, World of Reel reported on claims from industry insider Daniel Richtman that Netflix had abandoned the project after the 2023 Hollywood strikes in favor of a separate Frankenstein film from Guillermo del Toro. In November 2023, reports indicated that Warner Bros. Pictures would produce the adaptation instead.
In January 2024, Annette Bening joined the ensemble cast, which included Jessie Buckley (who starred in Gyllenhaal's feature directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, in 2021) 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.
Principal photography was scheduled to begin on March 4, 2024, in New York City. The film, according to Sarsgaard, features "big dance numbers". Editing was completed by Dylan Tichenor and the score was composed by Jonny Greenwood. 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 (which included a disagreement over Gyllenhaal wanting to film in New York while Netflix pushed for New Jersey because it would be cheaper), 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. In January 2025, Deadline reported the film's budget as being $80 million, less than the $100 million it would have cost had it remained at Netflix.

## Release

The Bride! is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 26, 2025. It was previously scheduled for release on October 3, 2025.