Everything We Know So Far About ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan Biopic

Who else is in the cast of A Complete Unknown?

Joining Chalamet will be Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Dylan’s fictional girlfriend, inspired by the musician’s real-life former girlfriend and muse Suze Rotolo. Edward Norton will play Dylan’s fellow folk musician Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro will play a young Joan Baez and Boyd Holbrook is rumoured to play Johnny Cash.

Is Timothée Chalamet recording his own vocals for A Complete Unknown?

He can act, he can dance and yes, he can sing—Chalamet confirmed in a December 2023 interview that 70% of the soundtrack had already been recorded in a Californian studio with Nick Baxter, the film’s music supervisor. In the same interview, the actor also revealed that Dylan’s manager, Jeff Rosen, sent Chalamet 12 hours of unreleased Bob Dylan music from 1959 to 1964. “This might earn the ire and wrath of a lot of Bob fans, rightfully,” Chalamet pre-warned.

Where’s A Complete Unknown being filmed?

According to local New Jersey news outlets, the film is recreating Woodstock, New York, in various parts of northern New Jersey.

When is A Complete Unknown being released?

The film is officially confirmed to hit theaters in the US on December 25, 2024

How should I entertain myself until A Complete Unknown premieres?

Listen to Bob Dylan’s back catalogue, of course—and watch Todd Haynes’s experimental Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There.