Jake Gyllenhaal is one of those many actors who has been a part of the superhero franchise, even if it was for a brief time. He has portrayed numerous characters in his career spanning more than three decades. From hero to villain to something in between, the actor has proved his versatility with movies like Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, and Okja.
Jake Gyllenhaal | Source: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Gyllenhaal is no stranger to the superhero genre. He played the role of the comic book villain Quentin Beck, better known as Mysterio, in the 2019 movie Spider-Man: Far From Home. This time the actor has his eyes set on the DC Comics superhero Batman. However, he seems to be better suited for the role of Joker based on his performance in the 2014 movie Nightcrawler.
Jake Gyllenhaal Wants to Portray the DC Superhero Batman Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal began acting when he was a child.
Jake Gyllenhaal | Source: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Gyllenhaal is no stranger to the superhero genre. He played the role of the comic book villain Quentin Beck, better known as Mysterio, in the 2019 movie Spider-Man: Far From Home. This time the actor has his eyes set on the DC Comics superhero Batman. However, he seems to be better suited for the role of Joker based on his performance in the 2014 movie Nightcrawler.
Jake Gyllenhaal Wants to Portray the DC Superhero Batman Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal began acting when he was a child.
- 3/19/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
It has just been announced that the new musical October Sky, inspired by the Universal Pictures film and Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr. will receive a developmental lab fromOctober 23-November 10, 2017in New York City.
- 8/10/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Author and former Nasa engineer Homer Hickam is suing Universal for north of $20M over its October Sky musical. In a breach of contract, fraud and multi-claim jury-seeking complaint filed today, the Rocket Boys memoirist claims that Universal Pictures "has taken the completely fallacious position" that Hickam gave over all the rights to the source material to the studio. Its 1999 film October Sky was based on Rocket Boys, and the musical premiered onstage last…...
- 6/3/2016
- Deadline
Check out four of the best acting opportunities now featured in today’s casting notices, including a certain revolutionary musical that recently received more Tony Award nominations than any Broadway show in history.... “Hamilton”Your chance to get into the room where it happens is now available on Backstage! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-collecting, record-breaking hit, “Hamilton,” needs “extremely skilled rapper-singer-actors” for both its Broadway and upcoming national productions. If you’ve got what it takes, make like our Founding Fathers and do not throw away your shot. “October Sky”“When the Soviets launch the Sputnik rocket, a local high school senior sees it as his chance to be somebody, to head for space instead of into the ground.” So begins the inspirational story of Homer Hickam, whose small-town space race is the basis of a new musical adaptation from Michael Mahler, Marsha Norman, and Aaron Thilen. San Diego’s Old...
- 5/6/2016
- backstage.com
"So much space, so little time." As always, it's nice to come across a short film that puts you in a good mood by the end. Boldly Gone is a short written & directed by Mark Buchanan that has been playing on the film festival circuit most of last year. It's finally online in full (running time of 12 minutes) for free and it's worth watching if you've ever built your own rocket from scratch (I remember building one in middle school and at Cub Scouts back when). The film is about two estranged brothers who try to figure out how to launch a rocket with their father's ashes into space. It reminds me of October Sky, with Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickam, who builds his own model rockets while Wernher von Braun is working on the Apollo program. Description from Vimeo: Boldly Gone is the tale of two estranged brothers who...
- 2/4/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Longtime Hollywood literary agent Mickey “The Cowboy” Freiberg died yesterday at his West Los Angeles home after a three-year battle with brain cancer, his family said. He was 72. Freiberg represented numerous award-winning clients throughout a 40-plus-year career, including the late Budd Schulberg who won a screenwriting Oscar for 1954′s On The Waterfront, author Homer Hickam whose book Rocket Boys became the basis for the 1999 film October Sky, and Ron Powers, who co-authored Flags Of Our Fathers, the book on which the 2006 Clint Eastwood-directed war film was based. He also represented Joe Pistone, the former FBI special agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco, The Bonanno Family (Mafia Marriage) and the late Bill Bonnano, co-author of The Good Guys with David Fisher. One of Freiberg’s proudest projects was the David Permut-produced film Youth In Revolt, based on the novel written by C.D. Payne and brought to Permut by...
- 12/8/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Geek Girl Navigating the World – Avoiding the dreaded “Chick Flick”
The movies a person likes to watch can be a very personal thing. Not everyone is as comfortable with their guilty pleasures as I am, which I can understand to a certain extent. Still, it seems to me that if, for some reason, watching the Smurfs makes you happy then go right ahead. To the best of my knowledge watching the Smurfs has never hurt anyone and the word Smurf is kind of fun to say (not to the extent that the Smurfs say it, obviously, because that honestly gets really old really fast) especially if done in moderation.
One thing that I don’t understand, though, is women who insist on making guys watch chick flicks. There’s not a single guy that I know who’s going to really enjoy the thing, and I have enough guy friends...
The movies a person likes to watch can be a very personal thing. Not everyone is as comfortable with their guilty pleasures as I am, which I can understand to a certain extent. Still, it seems to me that if, for some reason, watching the Smurfs makes you happy then go right ahead. To the best of my knowledge watching the Smurfs has never hurt anyone and the word Smurf is kind of fun to say (not to the extent that the Smurfs say it, obviously, because that honestly gets really old really fast) especially if done in moderation.
One thing that I don’t understand, though, is women who insist on making guys watch chick flicks. There’s not a single guy that I know who’s going to really enjoy the thing, and I have enough guy friends...
- 10/18/2011
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
Jake Gyllenhaal has proven he can play the leading man in very successful blockbuster films. He is out to continue that streak with Source Code out this Friday, April 1.
We love us some cute Jake, so we thought we'd look at the top 10 Jake Gyllenhaal flicks in this week's "Top 10 Movies"
What's your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal flick? Take a look at our list for some inspiration.
Check out our list after the jump!
10. Brothers (2009)
Our Jake stars as the less noble of two brothers in this war-thriller, co-starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. Sam Cahill (Maguire) sets off for war in early 2007, while Tommy Cahill (Gyllenhaal) stays behind. Tommy is the black sheep of the family, causing trouble and creating mischief. When Sam is missing and presumed dead, his wife Grace and their two children must deal with the grief. Tommy steps up to help in their time of need,...
We love us some cute Jake, so we thought we'd look at the top 10 Jake Gyllenhaal flicks in this week's "Top 10 Movies"
What's your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal flick? Take a look at our list for some inspiration.
Check out our list after the jump!
10. Brothers (2009)
Our Jake stars as the less noble of two brothers in this war-thriller, co-starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. Sam Cahill (Maguire) sets off for war in early 2007, while Tommy Cahill (Gyllenhaal) stays behind. Tommy is the black sheep of the family, causing trouble and creating mischief. When Sam is missing and presumed dead, his wife Grace and their two children must deal with the grief. Tommy steps up to help in their time of need,...
- 3/31/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Did you know Jake Gyllenhaal began his movie career playing Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers"? Here's some great movie moments from the "Love and Other Drugs" star's career!
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
- 11/28/2010
- Extra
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