New Dylan biopic 'I'm Not There' promises six actors as His Bobness, including a woman.
Rolling Stone have reported of a special screening of the new Todd Haynes film. They divulge that the folk renegade will be played by six actors through various stages in his career. They include relative unknown Marcus Carl Franklin, English actor Ben Whishaw, as well as Hollywood royalty Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and, inexplicably, Cate Blanchett.The cast also includes comedian David Cross as beat poet Allan Ginsberg, as well as Julianne Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Ledger's beau Michelle Williams.
The film will feature Dylan's recordings, as well as a series of covers including versions of 'Maggie's Farm' and 'Ballad Of A Thin Man' by ex-Pavement singer Steve Malkmus from a session produced by Sonic Youth's Lee Renaldo. Jim James from My Morning Jacket has also contributed music.
'I'm Not There' is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in early September, and will appear at the Toronto Film Festival soon after. It will be released in the US in late November.
