Warner Bros. released its first trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal's gritty, horror take on the Frankenstein monster's love interest, The Bride! ADVERTISEMENTWritten, directed and produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal , the film is inspired by the 1935 James Whale production, Bride of Frankenstein, a sequel to the Universal Pictures classic, Frankenstein. The trailer features Buckley as the titular Bride and Bale with his take on the creature who asks Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The trailer opens with the Bride falling down a set of stairs and two figures then digging her up from a grave. This is the second film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who previously helmed 2021's The Lost Daughter also starring Buckley and Sarsgaard.