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Timothée Chalamet To Play Bob Dylan in New Bio Pic

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Timothée Chalamet will play Bob Dylan in a new upcoming biopic for award winning director James Mangold.

According to Variety, “The movie will follow Dylan as he rises in fame on his way to become a folk music icon. The news comes after a busy year for Chalamet, who most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women adaptation as Laurie and starred in Netflix’s historical drama The King. Next up, Chalamet will star in Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded Dune with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. For Mangold, it would be his second telling of the rise of a musical icon of the ’60s (and beyond), after 2005’s Walk the Line, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and earned Reese Witherspoon a best actress Oscar for her portrayal of June Carter Cash.”

Deadline reports, “Searchlight Pictures has closed a deal with Ford v Ferrari helmer James Mangold to direct Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan, during the period when he was poised to become folk music’s most seminal figure. When Dylan instead embraced rock ‘n’ roll and traded his acoustic guitar for an amp and an electric guitar, it created a huge outcry. And it cemented the status of rock music. Jeff Rosen, his longtime manager, is working on Dylan’s behalf actively with Searchlight and Mangold on the film, which the studio said is untitled but has been referred to around town as Going Electric.”

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