The Bride! is a 2026 American Gothic romance film directed and written by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley (in a dual role), Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. The film draws inspiration from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, which was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, as it tells the story of Frankenstein's monster enlisting a scientist to reanimate a bride for him. Once that was done, Frankenstein's monster and his bride run work to avoid a crime boss's underlings and the police.