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A couple of weeks ago it was rumored that Jake Gyllenhaal had picked his next project - he hasn't had anything lined up after his bald cop drama End of Watch for quite some time - and it was going to be the Hughes Brothers' new movie Motor City, which Dominic Cooper had just dropped out of. Well within 24 hours Jake was out, due to scheduling problems, and we went back to wondering if he'd ever make another movie or if he'd just become a music video star (and hey if they all involved him in a towel and hitting people with hammers we'd be fine with that).
Well now we maybe have real news, and not just a rumor, maybe. Via Variety comes this:
GYLLENHAAL TO MEET DOUBLE IN 'AN ENEMY'
EXCLUSIVE: Before directing Hugh Jackman in PRISONERS, Denis Villeneuve will helm the indie AN ENEMY with Jake Gyllenhaal in negotiations to star, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Javier Gullón is penning the adaptation based on the novel THE DOUBLE by Jose Saramago. The story revolves around a dysfunctional history teacher who accidentally discovers his exact double on a rented DVD, seeks him out and ends up turning both of their lives upside down. Gyllenhaal would play two roles in the film, described by sources as "dark and edgy."
Okay either Jake is as in love with Dominic Cooper's ass in The Devil's Double as much as we are or he got jealous of all the attention I've paid to Dom this past year, because first he almost picked up Dom's leftover role and now he's making a "dark and edgy" movie about doubles? If dark and edgy means we can expect a repeat of this from Jake Gyllenhaal...
... then I might have just exploded. KA-FUCKING-BOOM. (And no I will never tire of posting that gif; I may post it a thousand times over) Has anyone read Saramago's book? I loved Blindness so as soon as I hit post here I'm off to Amazon to pick this one up.
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I've read it. Thought it was pretty great, though his prose style gives me a headache, and I'm not sure how cinematic the story is (it's been a while though so who knows).
He really is the master of the perfect gets-its-hooks-in-you-immediately premise though, Saramago, is he not?
I wonder about Variety. You mention that they announced the Motor City project and completely misrepresented Gyllenhall's status.
So here they come again with another alleged project. If they get this one wrong, I think Variety is looking pretty stoopid.
Hmm this seems interesting. Saramago is an excellent writer, yes his prose leaves something to be desired, probably because I hear he does not use ANY ponctuation in Portuguese at all.
If you loved Blindness, I'd advise you to read not just this one but also Death with Interruptions and Baltasar and Blimunda (the one that made him famous in Portugal and although it is very much Portuguese in essence it paints a great portrait of human kind).
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