The Bride Sounds Awesome, But I Understand The Frankenstein Movie's Delay After Last Year's $207 Million Disappointment

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! was one of the most anticipated movies of 2025, but now that it has been delayed to 2026, this was the right call.

April 4, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Heather Bailey

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The Bride!

Based on the descriptions of this first look atThe Bride!, the film sounds great.

didn’t do test screenings,The Bride!did do test screenings, and they reportedly went poorly.

Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein

This may have shaken Warner Bros.' faith in the film even further.

Warner Bros. probably lacks confidence in the film, explaining their decision to delay it.

Jessie Buckley in The Bride and Lady Gaga in Joker 2

Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s Monster in The Bride! 2025 early release photo

Christian Bale in The Bride and first look from Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

Joker: Folie A Deux official poster

Headshot of Joaquin Phoenix

Headshot Of Lady Gaga

Nosferatu and Frankenstein

Headshot Of Christian Bale In The <code>The Pale Blue Eye</code> LA Premiere

Headshot Of Jessie Buckley in tHE New York Special Screening Of ‘Wicked Little Letters’

Headshot Of Peter Sarsgaard In The 80th Venice International Film Festival Closing Ceremony

Shot Of Annette Bening In The 96th Annual Academy Awards

Movies

The Bride!