THE BRIDE! lands on HBO Max May 22

Warner Bros. Discovery said on May 15 that “The Bride!,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s monster romance starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, will begin streaming globally on HBO Max on Friday, May 22. The company said the film will make its HBO linear debut on Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET, and an American Sign Language version will also be available on HBO Max the same day. The announcement came about 10 weeks after Warner Bros. released the film in theaters in North America on March 6. Trade and fan outlets including Deadline, Bleeding Cool and Get Your Comic On separately reported the streaming date after the studio posting. ### When does “The Bride!” start streaming, and where? HBO Max said the film begins streaming exclusively on the service on Friday, May 22. The same Warner Bros. Discovery release said the title will then move to HBO’s linear channel on Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET. UPI, citing the press release, reported the same May 22 streaming date and said the HBO premiere follows at 8 p.m. (press.wbd.com) ET. Bleeding Cool also reported that an ASL version will debut on HBO Max on May 22. ### What film is HBO Max getting on May 22? Warner Bros. describes “The Bride!” as a Maggie Gyllenhaal film written, directed and produced by Gyllenhaal. (press.wbd.com) The studio’s film page says the movie stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal. IMDb’s synopsis says the story is set in 1930s Chicago, where Frankenstein asks Dr. (upi.com) Euphronius to help create a companion, reviving a murdered woman as the Bride. Rotten Tomatoes describes the film as a reworking of the “Bride of Frankenstein” mythology, and Warner Bros. marketed it as a theatrical and IMAX release in North America. (press.wbd.com) ### How long after theaters is the streaming release arriving? Warner Bros. Pictures released “The Bride!” in North America on March 6, 2026, with international release beginning March 4, according to the studio’s film page. The May 22 HBO Max debut puts the streaming launch 77 days after the U.S. theatrical opening. (imdb.com) The film had been scheduled earlier for 2025 before Warner Bros. moved it to March 2026, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s March 2025 coverage of the studio’s release-calendar changes. That means the May 22 streaming launch follows a release plan that shifted at least once before the movie reached theaters. (warnerbros.com) ### What do the available reviews and box-office figures show? Metacritic listed a score of 55 based on 55 critic reviews as of May 17. Rotten Tomatoes’ page described the reviews as mixed, while Variety reported in March that the film opened to $7.3 million domestically and $13.6 million globally in its first weekend. (hollywoodreporter.com) Wikipedia’s current entry, which is not a primary source but aggregates published reporting, lists worldwide box office at about $24 million. Because Warner Bros. has not published a box-office total on its film page, that figure should be treated as compiled reporting rather than a studio disclosure. ### Who confirmed the date this week? (metacritic.com) Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max pressroom posted the May 15 release announcing the streaming debut. Deadline reported the same day that “The Bride!” had set its HBO Max premiere for May 22, while Bleeding Cool and Get Your Comic On followed with reports on May 15 and May 16. (en.wikipedia.org) Get Your Comic On’s report focused on the U.K. streaming debut, while the HBO Max press release described the launch as a global streaming debut. That wording indicates Warner Bros. Discovery is positioning the May 22 release across markets where HBO Max operates, though local availability can vary by territory. ### What happens next for the film? (press.wbd.com) Friday, May 22 is the next public release date for “The Bride!,” when HBO Max subscribers will be able to stream the film and its ASL version. Warner Bros. Discovery said the next scheduled window after that is the HBO linear premiere on Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET. (press.wbd.com)