The Bride!,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punk rock take on Frankenstein’s monster and his betrothed, debuted a terrifying first look at CinemaCon on Tuesday as part of Warner Bros.’ presentation to theater owners.
The $90 million-budgeted film stars Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s monster and Jessie Buckley as his undead love interest.
Based on the footage that Gyllenhaal shared, their marriage is one that’s made in hell. After all, the movie’s newly revealed tagline is “Here comes the mother fucking bride.” The gruesome first look, which hasn’t been made available to the public, opens with Buckley’s character falling down a staircase and breaking her bones as she lands sprawled out on the floor.
She finds herself on the operating table, getting patched up but only to function as a companion for a certain someone. “It wasn’t any accident,” a voice says in the trailer of the Bride’s gnarly tumble in the trailer. “They did it on purpose.” Nevertheless, Frankenstein’s monster and bride strike up a diabolical romance — one that’s heavy on blood and violence. “‘Till death do us part,” Bale’s monster declares in the maniacal footage.
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