Jake Gyllenhaal to cast in “Now You See Me” with Jesse Eisenberg

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:48:17 +0000

CinemaBlend.com: The upcoming film from Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier may still sound a little goofy, but it’s seeking some big talent to possibly add some legitimacy. According to Variety Leterrier is working to cast Jesse Eisenberg, Jake Gyllenhaal and Melanie Laurent in Now You See Me, a heist film about magicians who “pull off daring bank heists during their performances, showering the profits on their audience.”Yeah, I have no idea how that would work either, but the idea of seeing Jesse Eisenberg trying to do it is so bizarre I can’t help but want to see it.

Eisenberg is only in early negotiations for the lead part, while Gyllenhaal and Laurent only have offers, which they could easily turn down. When we first wrote about his project back in February we had heard that the central characters would in fact be the FBI investigators tracking down the rogue magicians, which means we’ll probably see Eisenberg only solving crimes, not pulling a rabbit plus 50 gold bars out of a hat. Disappointing? Sure. But it sounds like there will be plenty more craziness to be entertained by in the movie, which Leterrier has planned as his post-Titans film.

While Gyllenhaal has been known to seek out these kind of action-y roles, and Laurent is so new in her career no choice could be seen as unexpected, Eisenberg seems to be really stretching here. Sure, he did a little action in Zombieland and will be doing it again in 30 Minutes or Less this summer, but since his Oscar-nominated role in The Social Network he’s seemed to be leaning a little more eggheady, filming Woody Allen’s new film in Rome this summer and considering a reunion with his Squid and the Whale director Noah Baumbach. But hey, he’s young and has a lot of newfound starpower– why not chase down expert magicians in the company of Jake Gyllenhaal?

Does Jake Put a Ring on It?

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:04:43 +0000

According to Star Magazine, the answer is yes!

The third time was the charm for Jake Gyllenhaal!

After two previous proposals to girlfriend Reese Witherspoon, he again got down on bended knee — and she finally said the word he’s been waiting to hear: “Yes!” But she’s having a hard time keeping the news under wraps. When Reese arrived at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif., to shoot an Avon commercial recently, she was wearing her new engagement ring, two set sources tell Star — but then decided she wasn’t ready to go public.

“It was gorgeous, and everyone noticed it right away,” says one eyewitness. “But she took it off as soon as she saw people staring. Reese stuffed it in her bag and didn’t put it on again the rest of the day.”

Still, the large diamond sparkler was the talk of the two-day shoot, says the second source. “There was already word out that she and Jake had gotten engaged, so the ring absolutely confirmed everybody’s suspicions.”

After what she calls a “very humiliating and very isolating” 2006 split from Ryan Phillippe, Reese could not even think about walking down the aisle again. At the time she thought, “I’m never going to feel any better than I feel right this minute,” Reese says in the March issue of Elle. But all that changed once she fell in love with Jake, whom she calls “a fantastic guy.”

Now the couple of two years is fast-tracking a wedding, and Reese is insisting on an intimate and simple affair. One insider reveals Reese is even thinking about having a Southern barbecue — likely at their Ojai, Calif., home, which she and Jake often use as a romantic getaway. “Jake and Reese want to get married sooner rather than later,” says the insider. “They’ve been playing house for far too long, and they’re ready to make it official!”

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