Exes Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp Have Movies in Theaters Same Day. Fans Call It the Next 'Barbenheimer'

Mar. 15, 2025

Timothee Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’ and Lily-Rose Depp in ‘Nosferatu’.Photo:Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures; Courtesy of Focus Features

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures; Courtesy of Focus Features

CouldA Complete UnknownandNosferatumake for the next “Barbenheimer?” Fans ofTimothée ChalametandLily-Rose Deppseem to think so.

TheBob Dylanbiopic and Robert Eggers-directed vampire flick are both set to release on Christmas Day, just likeBarbieandOppenheimershared a release date in July 2023, paving the way for the unexpected double feature — and friendly rivalry — that the internet coined “Barbenheimer.”

Now, fans of Chalamet, who stepped into Dylan’s shoes forA Complete Unknown,and Depp, who stars inNosferatu,are predicting that the upcoming releases may cause similar cultural waves.

Chalamet, 28, and Depp, 25, costarred in the 2019 filmThe Kingand dated from 2018 to April 2020. TheWonkaactor is now datingKylie Jenner, andThe Idolactress is with musician070 Shake.

Lily-Rose Depp and Timothee Chalamet in 2019.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty

“BABY WAKE UPPPP!!! Barbenheimer is back,” one personwrote, while anotherdeclaredthat the films are “My barbenheimer actually.” Still another wrote thatNosferatuandA Complete Unknownare “the victorian children reanimated version of barbenheimer.”

As for what to call the double feature, two users suggested unique combinations. “May i present…. ACOMPLETEUNNOSFERATU,” one personsaid, while another seconded this notion,writing, “A complete unknosferatu #acompleteunknosferatu.”

References to the couple’s dating history also manifested, with responses to the Cinema Solace post stating things like “I am a child of divorce” — and picking sides. “When u break up but u still have to serve. Sorry lily wins this time,” one user joked.

Timothee Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’.Macall Polay/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Macall Polay/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Its cast also includes Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, a character based on Dylan’s real-life girlfriend and muse during the early 1960s, as well as Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.

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Lily-Rose Depp in ‘Nosferatu’.Aidan Monaghan/Courtesy of Focus Features

Aidan Monaghan/Courtesy of Focus Features

A synopsis ofNosferatu, the second remake of the 1922 German silent filmNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, describes it as “a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”

The film features Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire, as well as Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.

A Complete UnknownandNosferatuare in theaters Dec. 25.

source: people.com