Accordingly meetingEmmy and Golden Globe nominee Elle Fanning has signed on to star in Searchlight Pictures’ long-running biopic of Bob Dylan, alongside Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro A total unknown. Production is slated to begin this summer in New York.
Accordingly meetingEmmy and Golden Globe nominee Elle Fanning has signed on to star in Searchlight Pictures’ long-running biopic of Bob Dylan, alongside Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro A total unknown. Production is slated to begin this summer in New York.
Fanning will play college student and artist Sylvie Russo, Dylan’s love of the early ’60s. This marks the maleficent The actress’s second collaboration with Chalamet, having previously starred in Woody Allens A rainy day in New York.
Who is involved in the Bob Dylan biopic?
James Mangold is directing from a script by Jay Cocks with revisions by Mangold. It chronicles Bob Dylan’s rise in folk music and his sudden transition to rock ‘n’ roll. The film also features Dylan’s interaction with 1960s music legends including Joan Baez and Pete Seeger. Searchlight Pictures also owns the rights to the pop culture icon’s music.
The film is being produced by Dylan with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Andrew Rona serving as executive producers. Jeff Rosen, Dylan’s longtime manager, has also signed to Mangold as producer, while Bob Bookman of Veritas Entertainment Group, Alan Gasmer and Peter Jaysen, Fred Berger of AUTOMATIC and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company will also produce.
In addition to the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, Chalamet is also currently in charge of two high-profile projects in the form of Legendary Dune: Part Two and Warner Bros.’ musical prequel wonka.