According to Deadline, Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s Frankenstein movie The Bride! has officially welcomed Footloose and Burlesque star Julianne Hough to the ensemble cast of the upcoming horror thriller.
This serves as the Dancing with the Stars alum’s big screen comeback after over five years since appearing in the comedy-drama film Bigger. Hough will be joining previously announced cast members Christian Bale, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jessie Buckley and Annette Bening.
What is The Bride! about?
“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 film is currently slated for an October 3, 2025 release.
