Tag: Jake Gyllenhaal
Peter Sarsgaard to Adapt Born to Run
Here’s something interesting, especially if you’re Peter Sarsgaard fan! Ok, we do like him as an actor, but we’ll soon have a chance to watch him as a director as well!
According to the latest reports, Sarsgaard will make his directorial debut with an adaptation of Christopher McDougall‘s autobiographical book titled Born to Run.
And that’s not all, because we also learned Sarsgaard will write the whole thing as well. So, check out the rest of this report for more Born to Run details.
First, a little description of the book: “Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art.
Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez Join Jake Gyllenhaal for End of Watch
End of Watch is an upcoming David Ayer‘s project that already has Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena set to star in the whole thing.
But, according to the latest reports, it looks that Gyllenhaal and Pena will have some handsome company, because we’ve just learned that Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez are in negotiations to join the project as well!
Ayers will direct the movie from his own script and at this moment we know that End of Watch will follow the longtime partnership of two LAPD officers as they confront marriage, love, fatherhood and the harsh realities of the Los Angeles streets.
Jesse Eisenberg Takes the Lead in Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me
Younger thesps are obviously desirable – that’s certainly the case with magician heist flick Now You See Me as Jesse Eisenberg has accepted in principal to star and Jake Gyllenhaal has received a proposal to play the other lead. Earlier, studio had been contacting Colin Firth, Jim Carrey, Hugh Grant and Sacha Baron Cohen as possible stars.
Watch the First Five Minutes of Source Code
Summit Entertainment has made available online, courtesy Yahoo! Movies the first five minutes of the opening sequence from Duncan Jones‘ highly anticipated sci-fi action thriller Source Code.
The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. Jones led the production from a script by Ben Ripley.
Source Code Featurette
Summit and Momentum Pictures have debuted a new featurette for Duncan Jones‘ Source Code, the upcoming time-travely sci-fi thriller filled with mind-boggling twists and heart-pounding suspense, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan,Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright.
Check out the video after the jump.
Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in David Ayer’s End of Watch
End of Watch is an upcoming David Ayer‘s project, described as “a gritty cop drama” and according to the latest reports, Jake Gyllenhaal is in early discussions to star in it!
Unfortunately, at this moment, not much is known about the plot of the whole thing, but it’s definitely nice to hear that Gyllenhaal is considered for the story that will follow “the friendship between longtime partners.”
Ayer and John Lesher will produce through Ayer’s Crave Films and Lesher’s Le Grisbi Prods.
As we said at the beginning, David Ayer is on board as a director, but he’s responsible for the story as well.
Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy Without Bourne?
The Bourne Legacy huge update! Director Tony Gilroy has been meeting with several actors this week to find the lead for the upcoming franchise that will this time, revolve around a new assassin with a similar background as Jason Bourne’s.
I’m sure you’ll be satisfied to hear that Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch and Kellan Lutz are all being considered to play that assassin.
But that’s not all! According to Deadline, Gilroy will also be meeting with Joel Edgerton, Josh Hartnett, Paul Dano, Michael Pitt, Oscar Isaac, Michael Fassbender, Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer and Benjamin Walker.
So, you already guess, nothing is official at the moment, but, as Variety report – Gilroy has an idea of what kind of actor he wants while Universal has their own ideas about who they want on that poster; it’s implied the studio’s vision doesn’t align perfectly with Gilroy’s.
Source Code Trailer #2
Summit Entertainment has released the second trailer for Duncan Jones‘ (Moon) sci-fi film Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier tasked with preventing future terrorist bombings by using a secret government technology to travel back in time and into the body of a victim of a previous attack in order to find the identity of the bomb.
First Source Code Clip
Check out the first clip from Duncan Jones‘ new sci-fi thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga.
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the Source Code, a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.
