According to Deadline, after a few rumors, director James Mangold confirmed that Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as Pete Seeger on his Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet.
Mangold also told me he was deep in preparation for his Bob Dylan biopic for Disney’s Searchlight Pictures starring Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, and reminded that the young star will be doing his own singing. Elle Fanning is in it, and he added that Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as iconic folk singer Pete Seeger. “Searchlight has really been providing a home for me,” Mangold said.