Production on Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride! is under way, and first look images of Christian Bale as Frankenstein and Jessie Buckley as the Bride have been released. Both are definitely a new take on the iconic characters.

The upcoming film “sees a lonely Frankenstein travel to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. 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.”

The Bride! will also star Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Annette Bening and will release in theaters on October 3, 2025.