Variety’s Alex Stedman is reporting. that Timothee Chalamet is currently in the final stages of negotiations to play Bob Dylan in the Fox Searchlight biopic “Going Electric.” The biopic is set to be directed by “Ford v Ferrari” and “I Walk the Line” director James Mangold. The movie is said to follow Dylan as he “rises in fame on his way to becoming a folk music icon.” So, this biopic would, ideally, be taking place from 1960 up until Dylan’s 1966 motorcycle crash ..
The 24-year-old Chalamet is best known for his roles in “Call Me By Your Name,” and “Lady Bird.” Next up, he will star in Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated epic “Dune.” Mangold, best known for having directed “Logan” and “I Walk the Line,” has been helming adult dramas now for close to 20 years in Hollywood, which is an unprecedented feat given the amount of paradigm-shifting that has occurred in Tinseltown over these last few decades. He’s survived the onslaught and somewhat maintained his integrity as an artist, even amidst all the changes and obsessions with superheroes and the near-total dissolving of the mid-budget adult drama.
“Going Electric” does not currently have a release date, but expect it to be released in 2021, that is if most of the casting and pre-production has been completed by this year.
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