Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming monster film, The Bride!, just received a new trailer that unleashes her bold new take on The Bride of Frankenstein. The dark romance twists the classic story for modern audiences, heavily stylizing what fans know as the iconic look for the titular figure.
Warner Bros. has debuted the new trailer for The Bride!, which stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as the Bride and Frankenstein, respectively. The trailer unleashes an onslaught of stunning visuals and a punk rock take on the classic monster material, spearheaded by Gyllenhaal. Watch it below.
The Bride! is set to hit theaters on March 6, 2026. The film stars Buckley, Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed the dark romance film after making her feature-length directorial debut with the 2021 psychological drama The Lost Daughter, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. Read the official synopsis for The Bride!:
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!
‘The Bride!’ Puts the Titular Monster Back Into Focus
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Maggie Gyllenhaal talked about expanding the original story of The Bride of Frankenstein to further explore the titular character. After recognizing the Bride’s lack of screentime in the original 1935 film (“five minutes at most”), Gyllenhaal became interested in bringing the character to the forefront in her own original creature feature. Once The Bride! hits theaters in March, audiences will be treated to a more rounded version of the Bride, “who comes back to life with a lot to say.”
“We get to see a little bit of who she was before she’s brought back to life as the Bride. In a way, everything about the movie has an extreme mythological quality. She’s almost every woman in a way. Before she’s brought back, you watch her deal with a lot of s—. [Laughs] And she puts up with it, but she comes back with a very strong need to express herself.
“And maybe that need is in many, many women. I mean, it’s in me, I think it’s in Jessie Buckley, I think it’s in Mary Shelley. And, in fact, she ends up being buoyed and energized by all the women around her, by dead women. I would say basically she’s someone who comes back to life with a lot to say, which I relate to. “
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