Timothée Chalamet, now on screen in “Little Women” as heartthrob Laurie, will play music legend, Bob Dylan, in a movie directed by James Mangold (“Ford v. Ferrari”), set in the period when Dylan segued from folk music to rock ‘n’ roll. According to Deadline, Chalamet is taking acoustic and electric guitar lessons to prepare for the role.
Dylan will executive produce the project, and his manager, Jeff Rosen, is one of the producers. The movie, tentatively titled “Going Electric,” will shoot after Chalamet makes his London stage debut in the drama “4,000 Miles,” which will run at the Old Vic from Apr. 16 to May 23. It’s about a young cyclist who visits his grandmother (Eileen Atkiins) during a cross-country bike trip.
Chalamet has completed work on the “Dune” remake, set for release Dec. 18 and “The French Dispatch,” also due this year. Directed by Wes Anderson, it follows journalists in an American newspaper’s Paris bureau in the 1950s. Henry Winkler is also in the cast.
