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Jake Gyllenhaal discusses his Mysterio casting in Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Having been linked to a number of superhero roles over the years, including Spider-Man, Batman and Doctor Strange, Jake Gyllenhaal is finally set to take the comic book movie plunge this year by bringing Mysterio to life in Marvel and Sony’s hotly-anticipated sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home. During an interview with The Los Angeles Times, […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home poster and trailer swing online

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As rumoured last week, Marvel and Sony have unveiled the official trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, the sequel to 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and the first instalment of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Check it out here, along with a teaser poster and official synopsis… Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and his friends go […]

First trailer for Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for Velvet Buzzsaw ahead of its arrival on the streaming service next month. The film sees writer-director Dan Gilroy reuniting with his Nightcrawler stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo and features a cast that also includes Toni Collette (Hereditary), John Malkovich (The ABC Murders), Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting), Zawe Ashton (Nocturnal […]

Jake Gyllenhaal discusses Mysterio role in Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Although the trailer is yet to make its way online after being debuted at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience earlier this month, reports coming out of CCXP revealed that Tom Holland’s web-slinger will find himself teaming with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck/Mysterio to battle three Elemental monsters in July’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. During an interview with […]

Jake Gyllenhaal to star in remake of Danish thriller The Guilty

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Bold Films and Nine Stories have announced that they have acquired the rights to remake the Danish suspense thriller The Guilty, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star. The Guilty revolves around a police officer under investigation who has been demoted to desk-work at an emergency call centre. When he receives a terrified phone call from a […]

Jake Gyllenhaal confirms Mysterio role in Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Okay, so this isn’t really news, given that we’ve already seen him suited up in set photos earlier this year, but actor Jake Gyllenhaal has now given us official confirmation that he’ll be bringing the classic Spidey villain Mysterio to the big screen in next year’s Marvel and Sony-produced sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home. This […]

First image from Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo

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Having announced the film as part of its Premieres line-up for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute has unveiled a first-look image from Velvet Buzzsaw, the new film from director Dan Gilroy, which reunites him with his Nightcrawler stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo. Details on Velvet Buzzsaw are scarce, but the film […]

Movie Review – Wildlife (2018)

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Wildlife, 2018. Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: Jerry, Jeanette and their son Joe move from the city to an isolated town in Montana to start a new life.  But Jerry loses his job and has to take the only work available – fighting forest fires […]

Movie Review – Wildlife (2018)

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Wildlife, 2018. Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, and Zoe Margaret Colletti. SYNOPSIS: As a forest fire rages through rural America, Joe Brinson (Ed Oxenbould) must watch his parent’s relationship start to crumble, with his father (Jake Gyllenhaal) struggling to find work, and his mother (Carey Mulligan) becoming […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wildlife

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Wildlife, 2018. Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: A boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man. Paul Dano makes a staggering debut with this emotionally charged adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel, a meticulously assembled drama about family, masculinity and female agency […]