Dakota Johnson Is Playing Marilyn Monroe in Maggie Gyllenhaals New Film, and the First Look Barely Reads as Her

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News Summary

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “Flesh Impact” is a 17-minute short she wrote over one weekend.
  • Ellen Burstyn, 93, plays an older Monroe who lived the life the real one never got to.
  • The project is presented with Genesis and has the blessing of Monroe's estate.
  • It premieres at the 2026 Venice Film Festival in September, where Burstyn is receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
  • The timing lines up with what would have been Monroe's 100th birthday.
Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote the script in a single weekend and got Dakota Johnson to play a young Marilyn Monroe at the height of her fame.

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