Director Luca Guadagnino and actor Timothée Chalamet are teaming up again for another coming-of-age love story in their film, Wonka. The director and actor previously paired up for Guadagnino's 2017 cinematic masterpiece, Call Me By Your Name, which starred Chalamet in the leading role.
Chalamet's performance in Call Me By Your Name earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Following on from that major success, both the director and the actor are pushing themselves to new heights with Bones & All. The film is the Italian director's first production set and filmed in the United States and Chalamet is also the producer for the film. Filming wrapped up in July 2021.
Bones & All is adapted from the 2015 novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis. DeAngelis' award-winning novel follows the romantic relationship of two misfit teenagers. The plot deals with familiar coming-of-age themes of self-loathing, loneliness, and feminism, but is explored through a darker lens. Call Me By Your Name was also adapted from a novel, which may give a sense of how faithful Guadagnino will stay to the original plot. Here's everything that's known about Bones & All, as well as what audiences can expect from the project.
Bones & All Release Date
Bones & All will have its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September 2022. It was selected to be part of the main international competition, alongside twenty-two other films. The theatrical release will come on November 23rd, 2022.
Bones & All Cast
Timothée Chalamet will star as Lee and co-star Taylor Russell will play his on-screen love interest, Maren Yearly. Russell is previously known for her work in the science-fiction reboot series, Lost in Space, as well as the psychological horror Escape Room movie series. They will be ed by Mark Rylance (The BFG), Michael Stuhlbarg (The Shape of Water), and André Holland (Moonlight). Other cast include Jessica Harper, Chloë Sevigny, and David Gordon Green. Currently, only Chalamet's and Russell's characters are known.
Bones & All Story Details
Bones & All will bring a horror-thriller spin to the coming-of-age romance narrative. The plot will follow Lee and Maren, two teenage cannibals who embark on a road trip across 1980s America. The couple's relationship will be tested as they are forced to confront each other's dark pasts while searching for Maren's father. Not much else is known about the plot as of yet, but the basic premise seems to be setting up Bones & All to be a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde, potentially mixed with some dark teenage angst, reminiscent of Florence Pugh's Dune 2 Casting Would Be Perfect (Thanks To Chalamet)
Bones & All Trailer
The teaser trailer for Bones & All shows the teenage couple in an intimate moment in which Lee asks "you don't think I'm a bad person?" to which Maren responds, "all I think is that I love you." What would otherwise be a fairly normal and romantic moment is contrasted with horrific screams in the background and scenes of fleeing people and hints of brutal violence. A full trailer should be released closer to Bones & All's release date.
