A first glimpse of Christian Bale and Jesse Buckley in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein movie The Bride has emerged via an unusual source.
Jamie Lee Curtis (who is Gyllenhaal’s godmother) revealed camera test images of Buckley and Bale as the monstrous pair on Instagram.
First Images of Bale and Buckley in The Bride
So, while it gives us a flavor of what they will look like in the final film, it’s still just a work in progress at this point.
“The film sees a lonely Frankenstein travel to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself,” reads the synopsis. “The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman, and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police, and a wild and radical social movement.”
Based on Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus, The Bride! will be directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also producing alongside Talia Kleinhendler, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Osnat Handelsman-Keren. This marks Gyllenhaal’s second directorial project following 2021’s The Lost Daughter, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Besides Gyllenhaal, Guillermo del Toro is also currently directing another Frankenstein-centered movie, which will feature Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Jacob Elordi.
The Bride is set to be released on October 3, 2025.
