JA from MNPP here. perhaps you've heard that Jake Gyllenhaal just left CAA, his agency of fifteen years? He's not homeless or anything, he's taking up residence inside WME, but coming as this does only a couple of months after leaving his longtime manager we Gylenhaalics are definitely left to wonder what's gone wrong. .
Looking at his IMDb page it's pretty clear something's been up for awhile. Once End of Watch comes out - directed by Training Day's David Ayer, Jake shaved his head for his role in the supposedly gritty LA cop drama - he has absolutely zero projects lined up. Oh sure there's David O. Russell's Nailed off in limbo-land but I imagine we'd have to shoot somebody in the head with a nail to get a look at that (we're willing!). He's been rumored for many a project - a Jake Namath bio-pic, a Damn Yankees musical - but they've come and gone and all we've gotten instead is the Prince of Persia.
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He has always tried to work with interesting directors - even Persia was helmed by Mike Newell. And Duncan Jones' Source Code was a bit of a disappointment, but I think it's also undervalued at this point.
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So my question for y'all is this: working under the assumption that you like Jake as much as I do, or Nat does for that matter, what would your advice be for Jake if you could bend his ear for a moment? What type of projects should he seek out? Should he sing and dance? Should he go make teensy tiny art movies again? How about Donnie Darko 2: Let's Forget That S. Darko Nonsense Ever Happened? Or maybe he should put explicit pup-tent rendezvous back on the front burner?