Carrawayed

Audible is releasing The Great Gatsby audiobook next week, read by Jake Gyllenhaal. You can listen to the first four minutes or so here:



For those who don't know the story, here's the Audible summary:

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. There, he has a firsthand view of Gatsby's lavish West Egg parties - and of his undying love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.

After meeting and losing Daisy during the war, Gatsby has made himself fabulously wealthy. Now, he believes that his only way to true happiness is to find his way back into Daisy's life, and he uses Nick to try to reach her. What happens when the characters' fantasies are confronted with reality makes for a startling conclusion to this iconic masterpiece.

This special audio edition joins the upcoming film - as well as many other movie, radio, theater, and even video-game adaptations - as a fitting tribute to the cultural significance of Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic, widely regarded as one of the greatest stories ever told.



And the first review, from an Audible editor:

Editors Select, April 2013 - I knew I always liked The Great Gatsby, but having not read it since high school, I couldn’t remember exactly why. After listening to Jake Gyllenhaal’s superb narration, I was reminded of what I found so great about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic. Gyllenhaal strikes the right chord as, Nick Carraway, who exists within the hyper-privileged world of Long Island’s upper crust but manages to avoid becoming jaded and swept up by the materialism of his cousin, Daisy, and the titular Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s elegant yet simple prose still holds up, and Gyllenhaal treats it with the utmost respect, allowing the vivid descriptions of mansions, landmarks, and 1920s New York to flow at just the right pace. While ultimately tragic, The Great Gatsby is full of light and beautiful moments that kindle a nostalgia for the Roaring Twenties, and I was glad to have been reintroduced to a favorite book this way. —Chris, Audible Editor



The Brothers Carraway. (Tobey Maguire plays Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, in the upcoming film.)

You can listen to snippets here or download it here. (There are links for inside and outside the U.S.) The first snippet is 20 minutes. I think the shorter ones make up the longer one.

Also, if you have a Nook or the Nook app, you can listen to Jake read Make Way for Ducklings, a children's classic.

Another snippet:

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Jake was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for his role in If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet: It’s an Off Broadway awards show, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of stars lined up for it: The roster of actors to score nominations for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Vanessa Redgrave and American Ferrera. The Lortels, which consider only Off Broadway productions eligible for their annual kudofest, is one of the earliest in the round of Gotham legit trophies to announce nominations and winners. ... Gyllenhaal snagged a featured actor nod for his role in Nick Payne’s “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” which the Roundabout Theater Company produced last fall. I miss Terry!

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Jake sent a note to a fellow L&OD castmembers on her 90th birthday: Just wanted to wish you a Happy 90th Birthday. I cherish our onscreen romance! Here's to you! I love that scene in the electronics store, where she gets annoyed when he doesn't give her his full attention. Go, Joan!

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Jake did a fashion shoot for Elle China, and the stylists posted an instagram from the shoot:

Hodgepodge

Update2: The first shot from Time To Dance, the video Jake stars in for The Shoes:



Update: Did I say there was no Jake news? How about a new role?

Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in Motor City, the Albert Hughes-directed drama for Dark Castle. Gyllenhaal, who most recently completed the David Ayer-directed drama End of Watch, will play an ex-army ranger named John Miller who gets framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, he is going after the man who framed him and stole his true love. Oscar-nominated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy star Gary Oldman plays the villain and Amber Heard is the female lead. Joel Silver and Andrew Rona will produce for Dark Castle with Ethan Erwin and Douglas Urbanski exec producing. Warner Bros will distribute, as the studio did with Dark Castle’s hit Unknown. The film will begin shooting late spring in Berlin.

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No new Jake news, so here are some tidbits gathered around the inter webs:



Looks like the Berlinale jury members are let their hair (and ties) down a bit after the ceremony. Also, Jake, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mike Leigh and Anton Corbijn are all demons, apparently. Best Actress winner Rachel Mwanza seems fresh as a daisy!



That's an old picture of Jake shooting the fire at Manka's Inverness Lodge in December, 2006. The lodge is still in business, but the restaurant did not reopen.

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Jarhead was on the other night, promoting a flood of hilarious tweets. And then I stumbled across this old French interview. I think it's been posted before, but it's worth another look:

  Comme Au Cinema

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I can't remember seeing this whole video before, but it's worth watching again. Loved seeing Jake in Australia.



Here's another video I don't remember seeing before. At least Jake did eventually get to Madison Square Garden with Jay-Z!

Polarized

I discovered this behind the scenes shot of Jake from his photoshoot for the May, 2001, edition of Vanity Fair:



There was no other information - no anecdotes - but I decided to roll with the Polaroid theme. A couple of Jake Polaroids from the 2005 Toronto Film Festival:




Finally, the Polaroid shots from Love & Other Drugs. I wish they had included these in the DVDs, either as cards of some sort or on the cover art/DVD art. And I wish we got to see more of them. You know they shot dozens.

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Jake at Frank's Chop Shop in NYC today:

Car Talk

The sex scene between Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway has made this site's list of Top 50 Car Sex Scenes, coming in at #42.



Note: The site and the pictures can be NSFW; the commentary is not safe for thinking. And Jake is not the primary attraction for them. But he is for us!

Anne and Jake also enjoyed some auto erotica in a deleted scene from Love & Other Drugs:




Wish that one had gone on a little longer :)



Jake and Jennifer Aniston spent some front and backseat time in The Good Girl, though it wasn't R-rated:



Jake's also had some sexy photo shoots in cars:





(Some photos courtesy of IHJ.)

This and that

Not too much happening in Jakeland, so let's clear out some of the miscellaneous file!



That's Jake over the weekend at Four Bear, er Barrel Coffee in San Francisco. Unique decor.

Speaking of bears... from Mr. Grylls:

Back in July, fans of the hit Discovery channel show "Man vs. Wild" watched Jake Gyllenhaal fight through hurricane-force winds and treacherous winter terrain in Iceland, but according to the show's star Bear Grylls, Gyllenhall got exactly what he wanted.

"He said, 'Don't hold back with me' and he got it," Grylls told Wonderwall. "We had some of the toughest conditions I've ever known on 'Man vs. Wild.' We took him to Iceland in winter. There were literally 100-mph-plus winds up there. Both of us were blowing like tumbleweed, but he really rose to it. It was great to see his confidence grow as he went on. I take my hat off to him. He worked really hard. He's one of the fittest guys in Hollywood."

Grylls says he tells all guests to train some -- but to not go too crazy before appearing on the show. The key is to stay injury-free and at full health before entering the wild. With the combination, he says, good things will happen. Both Gyllenhaal and Will Ferrell, who appeared on the show in 2009, followed Grylls' instructions and had successful experiences.
"The wild rewards commitment, and both of them really threw themselves into it," he said. "Will was far out of his comfort zone, but he really threw himself into it, and I admire the way he did that. I said to them beforehand, 'Just come on your own with no entourage, and trust me,' and they did that. They both say it was a landmark time in their lives, and I think they felt really proud of what they achieved."

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Someone on tumblr posted this old photo of Jake:



Not sure where this one came from:

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Hadn't seen this Australia interview for L&OD before:



A nice collage of Jake and Anne from tumblr:



Don't forget to vote for Jake in the Scream Awards!

The train is still running

Found a few more photos of Jake Gyllenhaal from the Railroad Revival Tour. Jake is shown with Ephraim Owens, an Austin jazz musician and bandleader, who played with Mumford and Sons on the tour. The photos were posted on his Facebook page.




This photo of Jake playing trumpet also came from his FB page:

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Monica posted a link to this 2004 photo of Jake in the comments of a previous post, but in case people didn't see it:



Monica also found this link to the deleted scenes in Love & Other Drugs. I'd never seen the car scene before or the full hotel room seen. So thanks for the find, Monica!




Here's the link, if the embed doesn't work.

October Sky Flashback

It seems like October Sky has been running on cable frequently these past few weeks. Here's some vintage footage of Jake at the OS premiere, including a snippet of him with Jamie Lee Curtis:

(Cinecanal)

I've caught the movie a couple of times recently and am always reminded how good Jake was, how watchable and how compelling.

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In more recent old news, here's a brief Source Code interview with Jake and then Michelle:



And a couple of random shots I found. I don't remember seeing this shot of RDJ grabbing Jake's arm. Looks like he doesn't want Jake to leave!



And I just like the framing of this shot, from a Love & Other Drugs LA premiere:

Showgirls II?

Before Source Code kicks into full gear, we have one more Jake Gyllenhaal/Anne Hathaway video interview for Love & Other Drugs:



Here is a short video from the Australian premiere. It's more of an ad for Moët than anything else! But you do get to see Jake and Anne:



And another interview I hadn't seen; here's the first part. Just do a search for Jake's name and you can see the rest. They have annoyingly edited it into short snippets. There's also a PoP Jake interview available.

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There is also a new TV spot for Source Code:



Not sure if this is new but it's a good one:



And a very nice review for the movie.

A couple of new clips:





You can follow the press tour adventures of Duncan Jones on this blog.

All aboard the SC promo train

Lots of new stills from Source Code, plus interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Duncan Jones et al, at Trailer Addict. Plus three videos of b-roll from the set and a new scene. First up, Jake's interview:







The new scene. You might not want to watch - spoiler alert! (The spoiler is written on the video, so jump down if you don't even want to read it.)



Wired also ran a spoilery article sbout the science of SC.

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There's news of Jake's other projects, as well. First up, a scene from the Love & Other Drugs Blue Ray:



You can watch a second deleted scene here.

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Finally, news on unseen/unfilmed Jake projects. Variety reports that Jake is in talks to film a new movie with David Ayers, writer of Training Day and director of :

Exclusive: David Ayer is set to write and direct his latest cop drama "End of Watch," with Jake Gyllenhaal in early discussions to star.
Ayer and John Lesher will produce through Ayer's Crave Films and Lesher's Le Grisibi's Productions.

Plot details are vague; pic's being described as a gritty cop drama that follows the friendship between longtime partners. Ayer and Lesher are still putting the movie together and are out to financiers, so no production date has been set.



Deadline has information on the Nailed test screening:

The trouble is, he washed his hands of the film last summer because of all the money problems, and I'm told that last night's screening played like an assemblage of rough footage, without the nuance Russell would have injected had he finished.

The backers are going to shop the film for distribution, but it is obvious that Russell will do everything he can to appeal to the Directors Guild to remove his name.

And here's a not a very encouraging report from someone who saw the screening.

New Jake

As the interwebs buzz about the possibility of Jake starring in a reboot of the Bourne series, we get a new, short clip of a new Jake in Source Code:

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We also have a brief clip of Jake talking about his character. We've seen some of the interview before. This is from the DVD release of Love & Other Drugs:



And a series of Jake and Anne scenes from L&OD:

Seal-fighting ski bum/chef/choreographer

Update: Jake attended the opening night of "Three Sisters," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, among others.

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Those are Jake's dream jobs. At least, that's what he told Vanity Fair:

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Back in reelity, Jake plays a soldier in Source Code. Empire has a new spread on the film, with some cool new images:

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Just an L&OD still that I love:



(Photos from IHJ. Empire scans from WDW.)