Maggie Gyllenhaal Joins Cast of "Frank"

Maggie Gyllenhaal has signed onto the cast of Frank, which will be directed by Lenny Abrahamson. She joins a cast that already features  Michael Fassbender, Scoot McNairy, and Domhnall Gleeson. Production of the movie is set to start later this week in New Mexico, but filming will move to Ireland at the end of January.


The movie also stars French actor Francois Civil and musician Carla Aza, who most recently drummed for Jack White's album Blunderbuss. It's a comedy about a young aspiring musician, Jon, who joins a band of pop musicians led by Frank (Fassbender) and his "terrifying sidekick," who will be played by Gyllenhaal.

The film was written by Jon Ronson and is based on a memoir he wrote, but is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom as well as other musicials like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart.


Ed Guiney of Element Pictures, David Barron, and Runaway Fridge's Stevie Lee will produce, while Tessa Ross, Katherine Butler, and Andrew Lowe will executive produce.
Frank was developed by Film4 and is being financed by them as well, along with the British Film Institute and the Irish Film Board.

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