Filmed Locally - The Bride! Debuting in March

By Bradley Towle

GREENE COUNTY — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! will finally see its theatrical release in March after its release dates were pushed back twice, from September 26th to October 3rd, 2025, before receiving its new date. The Bride! is Gyllenhaal’s follow-up to 2021’s stirring The Lost Daughter, which earned three Oscar nominations, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for Jessie Buckley and one for Best Adapted Screenplay. Gyllenhaal and Buckley reunite for the actor-turned-filmmaker’s sophomore effort. The film is an updated take on 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, starring Buckley as the titular “bride” and Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s monster. Set in 1935 Chicago, Frankenstein’s monster asks Dr. Euphronius (Annette Benning) to make him a partner. As the duo revive a murdered woman, they spark the intended romance but inadvertently bring about “police interest and radical social change.” Gylenhaal has said she sought a “totally punk” vibe for the film, and cited images of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious as an inspiration for the look. “I was interested in subverting a classic movie style,” said Gylenhaal about the film during a recent Q and A.  “So, yes, ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘Badlands’ and even ‘Metropolis. I think about a movie like ‘Wild at Heart’ that does subvert those classic movie things in a David Lynch way, which is different than my way.”

While most of the film was shot in New York City, Greene County residents may recall The Cave Mountain Motel in Windham as the location of a one-day shoot for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming film. A crew of 150 was in town for the shoot, with some rumors swirling that Penelope Cruz (a confirmed cast member) had been spotted, and The Greene County Sheriff’s office assisted in controlling traffic as 1930s show cars drove up and down NY-23 in front of the motel during a dialogue scene in May 2024. The Bride! will be the first of two major films released this year, featuring scenes shot in Greene County. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, arriving in theaters on June 16th, may include scenes filmed in the Northern Catskills in April 2025. The Bride! hits IMAX theaters on March 6th, 2026.