We're not getting excited yet, since this news could change as fast as he sped out of Motor City, but Variety reports that Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in The Enemy, a film by Oscar-nominated Canadian director Denis Villeneuve. The indie thriller is about a dysfunctional history teacher who discovers his doppelgänger. It's based on a novel called The Double by José Saramago.
According to First Showing, "In a strange twist, his double also appears to be about five years younger, complete with a mustache. Could there by some time travel going on here? ... The Boston Globe apparently called it a 'wonderfully twisted meditation on identity and individuality.' It sounds like it might have flares of Source Code with its sci-fi sort of story, but since it's an indie, the budget likely won't allow for such huge action set pieces."
Double the Jake would make anyone smile!
We've heard talk of Jake in talks before, but someone from the film's production company tweeted the news, so I hope that's a good sign. And according to this story, the movie will shoot in the spring in Toronto.
Jake is intrigued by his own reflection.
A dual role would be a great challenge for Jake. Working with a talented director on a story by a great writer makes for a promising start. And i like the sound of "dark and edgy." Fingers crossed that this is true and that this is a good production.
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UV, I'm hoping for this one, sounds interesting and Saramago is a Nobel Winner Portuguese writer, but i never read this book,his work is usually very complex and have a strong message behind. I agree with you,it reminds of SC in some ways.
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Jake Gyllenhaal has been getting rave reviews for his latest role . . . in a music video. The actor, who appeared on the big screen last in “Source Code,” directed by David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones, plays a serial killer in a video for “Time to Dance” by French band the Shoes. The clip — in which Gyllenhaal attacks hard-partying hipsters while wearing a fencing uniform — seems inspired by “American Psycho” protagonist Patrick Bateman. That character’s creator, Bret Easton Ellis, has given Gyllenhaal props for the role, tweeting, “Stunned by how scary/funny/catchy this is. Jake G is awesome.” Ellis has also been tweeting ideas this month for an “American Pyscho” sequel set in LA. Yesterday it emerged that Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in “An Enemy,” about a history teacher who discovers his double on a rented DVD and seeks him out. According to Variety, Gyllenhaal will play two roles in the film, described as “dark and edgy.”
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/gyllenhaal_embraces_dark_roles_aRjKVjp4pweRXalBEMrgOO#ixzz1peOOZYFK
Fingers and toes crossed.
BGarcia @berikgee
"@jannyyylee: My sister had brunch in NYC and happened to be sitting two tables down from Jake Gyllenhaal #sojealous" http://twitpic.com/8ywfca
My fingers are crossed too.
The production company for the movie also tweeted that Jake will be starring, but they only link to the Variety story. So still no official confirmation.
We might not get that until we see Jake on set.
Yes, fingers and toes crossed here, as well. Makes it hard to work :)
Thanks for the post link, gr. Nice to see Jake get more props for the video.
Paula, I haven't read it either. Seems to have higher reader ratings than critical praise. At least on Amazon, where it says critical reaction was mixed. But it has four of five stars from readers.
I'm not familiar with this story, either. Saramago's "Blindness" was made into a movie with Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo, but I didn't see it. Maybe I'll check it out.
UV, It's been easily 20 years since I've read any of his books. He has a cheeky sense of humor in The History of the Siege of Lisbon.
If Jake actually does this movie, he may inspire me to revisit
the author. : )
This is great news, fingers and toes crossed for me too!
He'll be the villain?
its jake's very own black swan!!!!! :)))))))
Whoa! Shoe89 you may be on to something! : )
I have to keep reminding myself that he's "in talks." I'm learning to hate that phrase...
Summary:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595111479/Double-explores-obsession-and-duality.html
Bobbyanna, you should see blindness, I liked it apart from being my favorite Saramago book.He is a very difficult author to read with very long sentences, I've read blindness, the gospel according to Jesus Christ and dead with interruptions and it was hard.
I can almost picture Jake coming to present the film in Portugal( witch never happens, but a girl can dream!)
Rachel @RosenbergRachel
hi jake gyllenhaal, nice to see you. please shave that shaggy unkept beard.
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Paula C. , my daughter liked it too. I'm definitely going to check it out. I read Siege of Lisbon, and Balthazar and Blimunda, long ago and one other I don't recall.
How lovely if Jake were to visit Portugal! ; )
I'm not familiar with this author but I love the story. I don't want to get too excited but I like the rest of you here have my fingers crossed.
Thanks for posting the summary anon!
PrettyDandy @prettydandyland
Our first NY celeb spot, Jake Gyllenhaal... Looking fabulous!
This is so mean, lol:
my professor admitted to seeing jake gyllenhaal at lunch in a restaurant today BUT WONT TELL US WHICH ONE. #cruelty
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Paula C, I hope you get your wish someday.
And LOL, Shoe89. I hope it brings Jake some of the bounty Natalie Portman got.
my professor admitted to seeing jake gyllenhaal at lunch in a restaurant today BUT WONT TELL US WHICH ONE. #cruelty
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Eliza Thornberry @kahreeen
I think I just saw jake gyllenhaal walk into sur la table. We locked eyes across the NY
:):):)
fingers crossed,UV!
I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed too. I think we got more info about these talks then on Motor city. People who are part of the movie
Lily
From twitter tonight:
Saw Jake Gyllenhaal at Minetta Tavern tonight when I was at dinner...
10:15 PM
Minetta Tavern for the Black Label Burger and Jake Gyllenhaal for dessert!
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Thats funny that you guys are drawing comparisons to blacks swan since Darren based BS on the double. I bought the dvd and remember him mentioning it in the behind the scenes interviews. Anyways this sounds like a great project, ill be keeping my fingers crossed too. Also i love Bret Ellis, how cool that he gave jake a shout out.
I like the comparison to The Black Swan, that was a very complexed and edgy script/movie.
I hope that this is the reason he couldn't do Motor city. I'm not familiar with the author, I will have to check him out!
Emily Berkowitz @EmilyBerkow
love #ColombaTorrefaction, was just sippin coffee nxt to Jake Gyllenhaal!
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This new project sounds awesome! I have a feeling that this is legit (fingers crossed!)
New yorkers are the best and have the best Jake tweets!
Tweety, it's good to see you! I worried you'd gotten trapped in an avalanche of tweets about the video and the new movie!
Darlene Sterner @DarleneSterner
Spotted on the Subway: Jake Gyllenhaal, Umm... He is doing what? Saying hi, I love you to me, yea! I'm his Bride~~~~to be engaged.
I've been a little slow in posting tweets UV. I check back here and someone has already postes them , LOL!!!
Happens to me all the time, Tweety! It's nice to know we're covered but sometimes disappointing when you think you have a good one!
Apparently there was a Jake reference on Psych tonight. Lots of tweets but no specifics.
Also saw this:
Jake Gylenhall is on my subway train. I'm kinda quietly dying.
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After Elton posted Jake's hottest moments. Definitely some room for debate there.
And someone did a recap of Jake's career in music videos.
How the guy gets that Jake sought out Daniel Wolfe from DW saying they were looking to do something together is a question. But it's a fun read.
I agree that we all shouldn't get too excited about this based on past rumors but this plot sounds really fascinating.
I just watched the Shoes video again and it still freaks me out, yikes!
Thanks for all the Jake in NY updates from twitter and Fb everyone :)
How many girls can say "jake gyllenhal" has seen me cry while doing pushups on a spin bike"? Answer: at least 1 #Me
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Apparently this was the Psych reference:
Shawn: ...like my screenplay. Gus: They've already made two bubble movies. Shawn: Yeah, but mine's going to star Jake Gylenhaal. #Psych
Hee.
Also liked this description of the Shoes video:
Jake Gyllenhaal does The Boston Strangler, Taxi Driver and American Psycho in 8 minutes
Hi, Shondra! I hope we hear something definite soon.
That is a pretty funny tweet about Soul Cycle, lol.
Jake shook up perceptions of himself, among those who had no idea what a great and versatile actor he is and has always been and I am overjoyed for him.
hi Sass, hi to everybody, yours are holy words:)
Every once in a while I find something on Twitter that I really get a kick out of like this one:
"I'm watching The Ides of March & I dont even like politics. So I'm pretty sure that I'm only watching it 'cause Jake Gyllenhaal is in it lol"
I've also seen a couple for Crazy Stupid Love in the past few months.
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I've also seen a couple for Crazy Stupid Love in the past few months."
I've seen it for "Drive" a few times myself. And I will not even mention "Spiderman".
Double the Jake double the pleasure, LOL!!! This is the 2nd indie film Jake is doing in a row (I hope)which is good news. Nothing against the bigger films but it's nice to mix it up a bit.
I always thought that with weird that people got Jake mixed up with Toby because they look nothing alike to me but Gosling??
Off Topic, but I just wanted to express how touched I am by President Obama's remarks regarding the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10828484-obama-if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon.
Me too Bobbyanna. My heart is breaking for his parents.
has there been any tweeting about Jake lately? Usually he's soul cycling or eating somewhere in Manhattan.
been awfully quiet
Lily
"has there been any tweeting about Jake lately? Usually he's soul cycling or eating somewhere in Manhattan.
been awfully quiet
Lily"
Maybe thats a sign that he's on route to begin work or at least pre stuff for the movie. The reports were stating filming would start right away, early spring which technically isn't far out.
Anon I was thinking the same thing be nice if true.
Sure is quiet. My guess is he's in LA, NYC, Toronto,...or Paris. ; )
(Maybe Fiji? LOL!)
I finally watched Fincher's reimagining of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I really enjoyed it.
Fincher does such an excellent job of pacing and building his narrative. It was well cast. Even Rooney Mara. Now getting ready for Bill Maher. It's chilly and raining. Just like a normal March.
Hi to everybody, Young Hollywood says that Jake has already signed for An Enemy.
Maybe Jake might surprise everyone go to the Advocate ceremony for his inductee, BBM as important to alot of him people including Jake, Heath and Michelle. It pretty much changed their lives outside of film. Michelle and Heath became parents and Jake became a godfather and we all got to see two hot guys make out. And oh yeah, a moving love story that just stays with you.
The less said about that Celebitchy story, the better. They are not exactly kind to Jake, and the Enquirer story is clearly absurd.
I hope Young Hollywood knows something we don't, but I'd like to see something more official. Like a picture of Jake on set!
I forgot to link the Advocate story yesterday. It would be great if Jake goes.
HiUV, Kate of WDW has made al search more deepened and it seems that Jake won't go to the Party of The Advocate
from WDW
Friday, 23 March 2012Jake Gyllenhaal catch up! Appearances and Big Easy Express
All is quiet on the Jake front. Last seen eating out in NYC, the Jake Gyllenhaal trail has now cooled and a reward has been offered for any verified sightings of the actor. This may not actually be true. However, a bit part of me hopes that this absence has a lot to do with Jake dotting 'i's and crossing 't's on his contract for An Enemy. Director Denis Villeneuve's next project, Prisoners, is due to being production in early 2013 and so if he wants to have An Enemy finished and dusted by then, presumably work will begin soon. Maybe Jake's getting measured for his double suits as we speak.
The next sighting that is certain is Jake's appearance at the Celebration of Paul Newman's Dream in NYC on 2 April. Advocate magazine celebrates its 45th birthday next week in Beverly Hills but, despite a little confusion in some of the announcements with the inclusion of Jake's name, it doesn't look as if he's to attend. Which is a shame. Advocate gave Jake and Heath one of their most memorable covers.
I sawe that silly Jake/Reese story flOAting around yesterdAy (eyes roll). I hope we get conformation with about Jake and Enemy from a more solid sorce like Variety or THR.
I don't see anything definitive in that report from WDW that says Jake won't be attending. He probably won't, but it's anyone's guess.
Hi And, I don't know , she says that that there has been confusion in to announce the name of Jake, if it tells it she will have made some search.
I agree, Chica. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are very accurate industry news sources. I follow Deadline Hollywood and The Wrap, too. Online film news sites like Indiewire & Latino Review are pretty credible a lot of the time, too.
Most of these others are primarily gossip sites that just repeat what they find other places, maybe change a few words to make it sound like they know something.
The tweets I'm looking forward to are tweets about Jake on location shooting a movie. Then I'll believe it. Looking forward to the Paul Newman event, April 2nd. That's something we know Jake will attend.
I follow Deadline HW too Bobbyanna and the other sites you mentioned are very reliable as well.
I would love the attend the Paul Newman Celebation of a Dream event in NY if possible. I haven't checked to see if tickets are available.
I had no idea Celebitchy was unkind to Jake, I just thought they were ridiculous, but hey I've been gone for the better part of 3 maybe four years.
I am still on the mend and can't think about Jake all that much anymore and what I don’t know is OK by me but not so OK here it seems.
Variety is being sold, THR is doing badly, Deadline Hollywood is OK, but she gets it wrong sometimes, as other sites are prone to do. The wrap is OK...such as it is.
I am still on the mend and need to keep my stressors at a minimum and that includes Jake G.
I will try to remove posts and chill.
sass
Sass, Kaiser from Celebitchy don't like Jake because he dated Taylor Swift, who's a person she hates.
If a person she likes to join with another she hates, she will hate him or treat him coldly.
Chica, I'd love to be able to go, but NYC isn't in the works for me right now. :(
Tickets are still available for second & third tier seating at Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall. Ticket prices range from $75-$35.
I hope the do well, bcz there's a benefit the next night for the Rainforest Fund featuring Elton John, Sting, & Meryl Streep at Carnegie Hall. Both events will appeal to similar audiences.
There's also a Tribute to Catherine Deneuve at Lincoln Center that same night!
No need to remove the post, sass. I am not a fan of CB because they mock Jake and all of his relationships. Just an FYI.
The Variety sale is interesting. They definitely have a dying business model but a big-name brand. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Oops, I see you already removed it. Really not necessary.
I hope you're feeling better soon, sass.
Erica Belletete @EricaBelletete
Almost ran over a group of chicks jaywalking today in downtown Franklin. Later found out it's because Jake Gyllenhaal was beside my car!
Nashvill
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Erica Belletete @EricaBelletete
Almost ran over a group of chicks jaywalking today in downtown Franklin. Later found out it's because Jake Gyllenhaal was beside my car!
Nashvill"
Jake visits there alot before and after TS. Of course Jake's get mistaken identity alot though. Probably was Ryan Gosling or Toby Maguire.
Jake visits there alot before and after TS
TS= Taylor Swift?
Just finished watching 50/50. It was really lovely. Not at all what I expected. I was a little doubtful of Anna Kendricks at first, but now I can't wait to see her in EOW.
Funny, last time Jake was spotted in the Nashville area, twitter exploded. How odd someone would say a bunch of girls saw him, yet just one twitter from someone who only heard about it. I think I'll wait and see if there are more tweets.
Taylor is in Los Angeles. She has a gorgeous new house there. She is getting wonderful reactions to her songs for The Hunger Games.
" Anonymous said...
Taylor is in Los Angeles. She has a gorgeous new house there. She is getting wonderful reactions to her songs for The Hunger Games."
Uh that's nice, Jake and his fans are really happy for her and ......Reese. Scout's honor!!!
FYI Bobbyanna, the sighting was in Franklin, TN. At first I thought maybe a filming location since Franklin has had movies shot there before. But as you pointed out, its only one tweet and the person did not really state if it was Jake in real life or a life size board cut out.
Franklin is 20 miles south of Nashville.
Just watched Never Le Me Go. Not a great movie, but Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield were all good, especially Carey.
Jake needs to make more movies.
I think I'll hold off jumping up and down until some official word comes out about him signing on for Enemy. (I got myself all happy happy happy over Motor City only to have to have to come back down to Earth in a hurry when he was not doing it)
I'd like to put Jake's time with RW in the past. (also with Taylor as well)
I was watching LAOD tonight, I hadn't watched it in a while. It was so funny and poignant at the same time. Jake and Anne have such a wonderful chemistry together I hope they work together again in the future.
Lily
Haven't seen Never Let Me Go. Will put it on my list of movies I overlooked last year. : )
Lily, I watched LAOD the other night and felt the same way.
In fact I agree with everything you've said. I'd much rather look forward than backwards. : )
I don't know where Jake could be, but Denis Villeneuve the director flew into Toronto on Tuesday. We haven't seen any news of Jake since Wednesday.
I hope and pray they are together and Jake will do this movie. Villeneuve commented sometime ago, before any actor got involved, that this was a small film and very personal to him.
I hope Jake is in Toronto Bobbyanna, It's been almost a year since he filmed EOW.
I have a feeling that Enemy is a go, and not the usual rumors that sometimes surrounds Jake's movies.
I love that fact that it's based on a Nobel Prize winning author and it's a complex psycholigical thriller.
Josie
I'd like to read the book that the movie is based on. Get a feel for what the movie will be about and Jake's characters roles
Lily
I will probably buy it and read it after I know that Jake will definitely be taking the role.
Tina Dizon @TinaDizonTPR Los Angeles
Jake Gyllenhall, Liev Schreiber, and some other cuties all enjoying a boys brunch! Nice view to start my morning...
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Is that tweet from some one in LA?
yes Los Angeles.
looks like Jake flew out to LA, I wonder if this has anything to do with the Advocate celebration?
(if he is indeed in LA)
Lily
Those LA tweeters need to up their game! LOL!
OT: in ten minutes, the season premiere of Mad Men on AMC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katelyn Nelson @Katelyn420
Mmmmm! I served Jake Gyllenhaal popcorn and coke tonight! Ahhh!
I hope the long wait for season 5 of Mad Men was worth the wait as it was for me Bobbyanna! I love that show.
The LA tweeters pale compare to the NY tweeters but i'm biased of course : )
It sounds like that last tweeter served him at a movie theater!
I enjoyed it, chica! Matt Weiner is genius, the way he develops his characters. Would love to see him work with Jake on a project.
You're right,seems like Jake was at the movies. Wonder if he checks out Mad Men.
"Katelyn Nelson @Katelyn420
Best highlight of watching The Hunger Games last night: People laughing at the Breaking Dawn teaser trailer.
Katelyn Nelson @Katelyn420
Mmmmm! I served Jake Gyllenhaal popcorn and coke tonight! Ahhh!"
Back in the LA CZ:
At urth caffe sitting next to jake gyllenhal. Lawlz.
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pics of Jake from today at Just Jared, he's adorable even though hairy.
Put up a new post with the new pics. It was definitely time for a new post!
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