There are lots of 2026 film releases I’ve been wanting ahead to, and as of as we speak, the Maggie Gyllenhaal-helmed The Bride! is added to the record. This Frankenstein-inspired flick already piqued my curiosity with Gyllenhaal writing and directing, in addition to Christian Bale enjoying Frankenstein’s monster. However now I undoubtedly plan on seeing this Jessie Buckley-starring upcoming horror film due to the Bonnie and Clyde vibes the primary trailer for The Bride! is giving off.
Pulling mainly from 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein, The Bride! sees Frankenstein’s monster asking Annette Bening’s Dr. Euphonius to create a companion for him in Thirties Chicago. This results in the “delivery” of Buckley’s titular character, and it’s outright stated within the preview that her unique self was murdered as a way to fulfill The Monster’s need. From there, the 2 go on the run and lift hell in a method that’s paying homage to what outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow did from 1932 to 1934. These two, after all, have been the themes of the 1967 film Bonne and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
The longer a narrative has been round, the tougher it turns into to adapt stated story and make it stand out from what’s come earlier than. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is already drawing early combined crucial reception for its extra devoted adaptation of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel, so we’ll should see what the remainder of the world thinks when the film turns into obtainable to stream with a Netflix subscription beginning October 17. In The Bride! ’s case although, its looser dealing with of the supply materials undoubtedly works to its profit.
I’m a sucker for interval items set within the first half of the twentieth century, and I’m extra particularly a fan of flicks like Bonnie & Clyde, The Untouchables and Public Enemies that discover financial institution robbers and arranged crime within the Thirties. So in case you give me a film the place Frankenstein’s monster and his new “bride” are being pursued by the police and igniting concern within the common populace within the aftermath of the Prohibition period, I’m hooked! I didn’t know I wanted to see these characters robbing a financial institution till now, and I’m crossing my fingers tightly we’ll get to see them wield Tommy weapons.
On a extra complicated notice, I’m additionally intrigued by how The Bride! could put a unique twist on the Bonnie and Clyde dynamic. Whereas these two criminals have been heads over heels for one another till they have been gunned down by lawmen, who’s to say that Frankenstein’s monster and his bride will at all times really feel the identical method? Whereas I think Christian Bale’s character will at all times be obsessive about the girl who was “made” for him, we might simply see Jessie Buckley’s character realizing she needs to embark on her personal path and get away from him, if not merely develop to hate him.
No matter occurs, I’m excited to see what The Bride! delivers when it’s launched on March 6, 2026. Bale and Buckley are joined within the forged by Peter Saarsgard, Penélope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal and Dancing with the Stars’ Julianne Hough, amongst others, and it’ll go up in opposition to Pixar’s Hoppers that opening weekend.