A Complete Unknown

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan
• Edward Norton as Pete Seeger
• Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo
• Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez
• Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash
• Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman
• Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax
• Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie
• P. J. Byrne as Harold Leventhal
• Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth
• Eriko Hatsune as Toshi Seeger
• Charlie Tahan as Al Kooper
• Ryan Harris Brown as Mark Spoelstra
• Eli Brown
• Nick Pupo
• Big Bill Morganfield
• Laura Kariuki as Mavis Staples
• Stephen Carter Carlsen as Paul Stookey
• Eric Berryman
• David Alan Basche
• Joe Tippett
• James Austin Johnson
• Kayli Carter as Maria Muldaur
• Sarah King as Barbara Dane
• Alaina Surgener as Gena Russo
• Michael Chernus as Dave Van Ronk

Storyline:

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

About Movie:

A Complete Unknown is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald. The film is about the controversy surrounding the switch to electrically amplified instrumentation by Bob Dylan. Timothée Chalamet stars as Dylan and also serves as producer. It also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro.

In April 2023, Mangold stated that principal photography would likely begin in August 2023 in New York City and Montreal, but filming was postponed in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. By early 2024, filming was scheduled to begin in late March 2024 and was expected to occur throughout New Jersey. Filming eventually began on March 16. Production wrapped by late June 2024.

The film will premiere in the United States on December 25, 2024, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland in January 2025.