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Fox Searchlight is behind the movie and has secured the rights to Dylan's music.

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00:00Timothée Chalamet is the latest star to tackle a musical icon.

00:04That's right, the actor is set to portray music legend Bob Dylan in an upcoming

00:08biopic from Ford vs. Ferrari director James Mangold. The biopic is set to be based on

00:13the book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald, which tracks the iconic singer-songwriter's

00:18switch from folk music to rock. Dylan will also be executive producing the feature

00:22alongside Mangold and Fox Searchlight, which has secured music rights for the film.

00:26As for Chalamet, the actor is already in for a busy year. He's currently in theaters

00:31with Greta Gerwig's Little Women and is set for Denis Villeneuve's Dune remake

00:35and Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch.

00:37Now Bob Dylan's upcoming biopic is the latest in a string of studio biopics

00:41about musical icons. Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody earned over $900 million at the global

00:47box office, with star Rami Malek earning the Oscar for his performance as frontman

00:51Freddie Mercury, while Taron Egerton earned a Golden Globe over the weekend for his

00:55role as Elton John in Paramount's Rocketman. In addition, there are a number of other

01:00music icon biopics in the works, such as that of Michael Jackson and an Elvis Presley

01:04film from Baz Luhrmann with Austin Butler attached to star as the king of rock and roll.

01:09For more casting updates, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.