Searchlight Pictures has shared a brand new A Complete Unknown BTS video for its forthcoming biographical drama, starring Timothée Chalamet as iconic folk-rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The movie is slated to arrive in theaters next month on December 25, 2024, pitting the film directly against Focus Features’ gothic horror Nosferatu and Paramount Pictures’ Robbie Williams musical biopic Better Man.
“Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, the film follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation — culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965,” reads the film’s official synopsis.
Check out the A Complete Unknown BTS video below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the A Complete Unknown BTS video?
The video highlights the creative team’s decision to sing the songs live during production, revealing that Chalamet had to perform 40 Bob Dylan songs live. The behind-the-scenes featurette also shows how the cast and crew recreated the songs featured in the upcoming biopic in the authentic way possible. The cast also includes Edward Norton as Peter Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Nick Offerman as Alan Lomax, and P.J. Byrne as Harold Leventhal.
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A Complete Unknown is directed by James Mangold from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Cocks based on author Elijah Wald’s book titled Dylan Goes Electric. Producers are Fred Berger, Mangold, Alex Heineman, Bob Bookman, Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, Jeff Rosen, and Chalamet. It is executive produced by Dylan along with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Andrew Rona.
