Timothee Chalamet set to play Bob Dylan in new Going Electric biopic... and folk icon will executive produce
Fresh off roles in Little Women and Netflix's The King, Timothee Chalamet is getting set to portray music legend Bob Dylan.
Chalamet, 24, is attached to star as Dylan in Fox Searchlight's biopic Going Electric, with Ford Vs. Ferrari director James Mangold, Deadline reports.
The director also did a rewrite on the script, originally written by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York, Silence).
Timothee as Bob: Fresh off roles in Little Women and Netflix's The King, Timothee Chalamet is getting set to portray music legend Bob Dylan
Shift: The film will follow Dylan as he shifts from acoustic guitar music, as one of folk music's leading names, to an electric guitar
The film will follow Dylan as he shifts from acoustic guitar music, as one of folk music's leading names, to an electric guitar.
His switch from acoustic to electric lead to a huge outcry in the folk music world, which also cemented the status of rock in the musical lexicon.
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Bob Dylan, 78, himself is actively working with Mangold and Fox Searchlight in the development of this project.
Bob's biopic: Bob Dylan, 78, himself is actively working with Mangold and Fox Searchlight in the development of this project
While no production schedule has been released for Going Electric, Chalamet is expected to start work on this project after his London stage debut.
The actor is slated to star alongside Eileen Atkins in 4,000 Miles, a production of Amy Herzog's Pulitzer Prize winning drama at the Old Vic Theatre.
The play opens on April 16 and is set to close on May 23, with Chalamet expected to start work on Going Electric shortly thereafter.
Stage debut: While no production schedule has been released for Going Electric, Chalamet is expected to start work on this project after his London stage debut
Chalamet has two new movies coming in 2020, director Wes Anderson's latest The French Dispatch, which doesn't have a release date yet, and director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune, in theaters December 18.
He is also attached to star in Find Me, a sequel to his 2017 breakout hit film Call Me By Your Name, alongside Armie Hammer.
Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is returning to direct, though it isn't known when filming may begin.
New movies: Chalamet has two new movies coming in 2020, director Wes Anderson's latest The French Dispatch, which doesn't have a release date yet, and director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune, in theaters December 18.
Controversy: The 'electric Dylan' controversy started in 1965 when he released his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home, with all of the songs on the first side of that album featuring an electric band and the b-side featuring acoustic
The 'electric Dylan' controversy started in 1965 when he released his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home, with all of the songs on the first side of that album featuring an electric band and the b-side featuring acoustic.
He performed his first live rock set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, which was received by a chorus of boos from the crowd.
The rights package that was put together includes Dylan's music and the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald.
Rights: The rights package that was put together includes Dylan's music and the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald
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