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new trailer for the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown – see what they had to say below.The film does not have an official release date yet but is speculated to come out in the US in December and in the UK in January.It stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Elle Fanning as his girlfriend, Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, and Edward Norton as folk music legend Pete Seeger.The new trailer sees Chalamet as Bob Dylan on stage, navigating the streets of New York, riding his motorbike, being swarmed by fans, and singing the classic ‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall’.A synopsis of the Bob Dylan biopic reads: “Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”A Complete Unknown comes from film-maker James Mangold, who previously directed the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.Fans have been reacting to A Complete Unknown’s trailer on Twitter, with some claiming that the release of this film might shake up the Oscars next year.One user said: “This movie will drop in December. I hope it’ll be recognized for the Oscars.

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…Timothée Chalamet is racking up the iconic roles. And as you can see in the first A Complete Unknown trailer, he's now fully himself into another icon: Bob Dylan.

A Complete Unknown – a biopic about Bob Dylan starring Timothée Chalamet – has been released today (July 24). Check it out below.The new film, which will arrive in cinemas in January 2025, will see Chalamet take on the role of the iconic musician during his rise to fame.A synopsis reads: “Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”The movie stars Chalamet alongside Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Buzt and Scoot McNairy.In the trailer, Chalamet can be heard singing Dylan’s iconic song ‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall’.

Timothee Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown.

Ethan Shanfeld Come gather ’round, people, wherever you roam. The trailer for James Mangold‘s “A Complete Unknown” is here, along with the first official footage of Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan. The biographical drama, in theaters this December, follows the folk music legend’s early years in New York City, leading up to the Earth-shattering moment he strapped on an electric guitar during his 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance.

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Blur’s Damon Albarn has shared that he does not agree with Bob Dylan’s mobile phone ban from his upcoming tour.The discussion arose following the folk-rock icon announcing details of an upcoming UK tour, which will see him play a total of 10 shows across the country this winter.It was also confirmed that a phone ban would be implemented on all dates, and attendees would be made to switch off their phones and place them into a Yondr pouch that would be locked by staff at the venue.Visitors then keep the pouch throughout the gig, however, it can only be re-opened either at the end of the show or if they try to leave the building beforehand.Now, in a new interview with BBC, Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn has shared his opposition to the approach, and said that he thinks fans having phones adds to the atmosphere of live performances.“If you start banning things where does it end? I think you’ve just got to turn up and do your thing,” he told the outlet. “People won’t want to be on their phone if you’re engaging with them correctly.”He also went on to reflect on his huge summer shows at Wembley Stadium with Blur last year, and said that the Sunday gig was their favourite-ever performance.

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