The first trailer for James Mangold‘s A Complete Unknown has arrived, revealing a glimpse of Timothée Chalamet transforming into Bob Dylan in one of the most intriguing films set to land this winter.

A Complete Unknown was written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, and follows the legendary musician’s early years in New York City, leading up to the era-defining moment, one of the most iconic moments in music history, when the young Dylan shocked the folk music world when he plugged in an electric guitar during his 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance.

The trailer reveals Chalamet’s Dylan in Manhattan, highlighting some spots that all Dylan fans know are a huge part of his history, including Cafe Wha? and Hotel Chelsea. Chalamet sings Dylan’s 1963 protest song “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” giving us a taste of his vocal chops. The film will also explore the messy love triangle between Dylan, Monica Barbaro’s Joan Baez, and Elle Fanning’s Sylvie Russo, likely a version of Dylan’s girlfriend at the time, Suze Rotolo.

The cast includes Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, P. J. Byrne as Harold Leventhal, Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie, Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman, and Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth.

Check out the trailer below. A Complete Unknown hits theaters in December:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

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