Watch Timothée Chalamet sing as Bob Dylan in "The Complete Unknown" teaser trailer

James Mangold of "Logan" acclaim helms this promising biopic.
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Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan.
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Academy Award-nominee Timothée Chalamet has already awed in iconic roles like Dune's Paul Atreides, Little Women's Laurie, and a young and sweet Willy Wonka in Wonka. Now, he's playing the one and only Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. And from the looks of this first teaser, he's doing a solid job of capturing the folk music legend's signature singing style.

From Logan director James Mangold comes this biopic, which is based on the Elijah Wald-penned biography Dylan Goes Electric! Rather than pulling back and looking at the whole of Dylan's decades long, and wildly influential career, A Complete Unknown will focus a 19-year-old Dylan forging his path as a folk singer, then shocking the music industry by breaking into electric rock at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. It was a moment that changed American music forever.

Joining Chalamet in A Complete Unknown are Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, and Scoot McNairy. With a cast and helmer like this, you might be hearing Oscar buzz very soon.

A Complete Unknown will come exclusively to theaters in December.

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Kristy Puchko

Kristy Puchko is the Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Based in New York City, she's an established film critic and entertainment reporter who has traveled the world on assignment, covered a variety of film festivals, co-hosted movie-focused podcasts, and interviewed a wide array of performers and filmmakers.


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