Jake Gyllenhaal Has Always Been a Theater Kid

After COVID, Jake Gyllenhaal is finally taking on a new project! According to Deadline, the 40-year-old actor will star in the new movie Combat Control. The film will reportedly highlight the true story of Air Force CCT John Chapman, who died in battle on March 4, 2002 in Afghanistan.

Jake Gyllenhall is returning to the military genre after tackling Operation Desert Storm in Sam Mendes’ 2005 flick “Jarhead” as he’ll be playing real-life serviceman Air Force Combat Control Technician Chapman, a recipient of the Medal of Honor in 2018 for his actions in a classified mission that took place in Afghanistan on March 4, 2002, that led to his death.

Jake Gyllenhaal is taking on an exciting new role!

Ethan Shanfeld MGM is in negotiations to acquire “Combat Control,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Sam Hargrave (“Extraction”).Hargrave and Shelby Malone will also serve as associate producers alongside Gyllenhaal and Ryan Cassells as executive producers.The Hideaway Entertainment president Matthew Rhodes, CEO Jonathan Gray and VP Kristy Grisham will produce and co-finance the project.

Also Read: How 'Extraction' Director Sam Hargrave Went From Captain America's Stunt Double to Directing Thor (Video)Michael Russell Gunn will adapt the the screenplay. The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms.Endeavor Content brokered the sale to MGM.

EXCLUSIVE: Since the top of the year, no studio has been more aggressive in the marketplace then MGM and it looks like their close to landed another highly-coveted package. Sources tell Deadline, MGM is in talks to acquire Combat Control, which tells the true story of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, with Jake Gyllenhaal on board to play the late war hero.

Jake Gyllenhaal is hard at work on his new movie!

People.     The cast includes Isabela Merced, Julianne Moore and Jake Gyllenhaal, who Swift dated for three months in 2010, when she was just 21 and he was 30.

Taylor Swift teased her anticipated “Wildest Dreams” rerecording for the first time in a very unlikely place: the trailer for her ex Jake Gyllenhaal’s upcoming movie.

Also Read: 'Raya and the Last Dragon' Flies Low at Box Office With $8.6 Million OpeningKaren Foster is the producer, and the film’s co-director is Ennio Torresan.

Taylor Swift has shared a preview of the re-recorded version of ‘Wildest Dreams’, dubbed ‘Taylor’s Version’.The original song appeared on her 2014 album ‘1989’ and has since been certified Platinum in the UK and four times Platinum in the US.A clip of ‘Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)’ appears in the trailer for the new animated movie Spirit Untamed, which features the voices of Jake Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore and more.Swift shared footage from the trailer on her Instagram Story earlier today

Taylor Swift fans have something to celebrate today, after the multi-Grammy winner dropped a preview of her newly-recorded “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)”.

The Godfather.Fanning (The Great, Teen Spirit) will portray actress Ali MacGraw, who was married to Robert Evans – the former head of production at Paramount Pictures – in the upcoming Francis And The Godfather.Evans will be played by Jake Gyllenhaal alongside a cast that also includes Oscar Isaac (who appears as The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola) and Elisabeth Moss (Coppola’s wife, Eleanor).Directed by Barry Levinson, the upcoming movie will delve into the making of the iconic first

Elle Fanning has been cast in Francis and The Godfather— the project about the making of The Godfather— playing Ali MacGraw. She joins a cast that also includes Oscar Isaac as Francis Ford Coppola, Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Evans, and Elisabeth Moss as Eleanor Coppola.

Elle Fanning has joined the cast of Barry Levinson’s “Francis and the Godfather” about the making of “The Godfather.” She will portray actress Ali MacGraw in the film.Fanning joins a cast that includes Oscar Isaac as Francis Ford Coppola and Jake Gyllenhaal as Paramount executive Robert Evans. MacGraw, who is known for her role in “Love Story,” was married to Evans at the time of the production and had just won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer.

Jake Gyllenhaal is currently filming a Michael Bay action movie and we have some intense photos from the set!