Searchlight Pictures debuted a teaser trailer for A Complete Unknown, the biographical drama film starring Academy Award nominated actor Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name, Dune) as legendary American musician Bob Dylan, considered the greatest songwriter of all time by Rolling Stone.

The film is helmed by director James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari, 3:10 to Yuma, Logan) who is familiar with the musical biography genre, directing the 2005’s ‘Walk the Line’, a multi-award winning biopic of musician Johnny Cash featuring Joaquin Phoenix in the leading role.

Starring the film alongside Chalamet are Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz and Scoot McNairy.

Release Date

Directed by James Mangold, ‘A Complete Unknown’ is scheduled for release in December 2024.

Synopsis

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, ‘A Complete Unknown’ follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) 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.

Director James Mangold commented on Timothée Chalamet’s performance as Bob Dylan in a Rolling Stone interview, saying “I think he walks a really beautiful line of allowing an audience to see what a joy it is for this character to make music and what pure joy he experiences in his camaraderie with other musicians and his exploration of ideas and words and music, both making it and listening to others. Where Timmy also does something really quite profound is to show you his almost genetically predisposed discomfort with what his own great achievements then bring upon him and that, in terms of people wanting things, transactional relationships, or relationships that are tainted by the immense power and talent.”

Official Trailer

Watch the official teaser trailer for ‘A Complete Unknown’.