Minor SPOILERS are ahead for "The Bride!," now playing in theaters.<br /><br />Did you know "The Bride!" wasn’t always going to be part of the 2026 movie schedule? Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on "The Bride of Frankenstein" was originally going to come out this past fall, until the release date was pushed back six months. When CinemaBlend spoke to the movie’s filmmaker, we ended up talking about one aspect of it that changed after her original cut was screened for audiences, and how it added to the final cut.<br /><br />"The Bride!" opens up by declaring that its author, Mary Shelley, came up with the sci-fi classic Frankenstein “on a dare”. Then, the audience meets Shelley through Jessie Buckley’s narration and feral performance of the real person (alongside the actress playing The Bride). When CinemaBlend asked Gyllenhaal about opening up the movie in this fashion, she said this.
