Jake to work with Fincher again? Jake 'has the capability and the depth to love'

Here's something else to think about... I thought I'd put it out there that David Fincher's Torso project, much talked about in 2006, appears to be reawakening and may well be his next movie after he completes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, possibly before his sci-fi film Rendezvous with Rama. This is particularly interesting because Jake Gyllenhaal's name is still connected with it.


Produced by Angry Films and to be distributed by Paramount Pictures, Torso is another grizzly Fincher film, more along the lines of Se7en than the procedural Zodiac. It tells the true story, set in the 1930s, of Eliot Ness, an agent for the US Treasury, who becomes a public safety officer in Cleveland, which is being terrorised by a spate of gruseome murders. Ness assembles a team of retired cops to find the serial murder whose trademark is to dump the torsos of his vctims in the river. It is based on a graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko. The secreenplay is by Ehren Kruger, who is also the writer of Transformers 2, The Ring and Brothers Grimm. The producers are Terry Fitzgerald, Todd McFarlane and Bill Mechanic. These details are from IMDbPro.


Having come across this on IMDbPro, I did some searching around and came across this September 2007 post on the Gilliam Dream messageboard forum: 'Its dark tone and structure inspired Fincher, who first read it whilst in production on Zodiac. To add a further connection to Zodiac, Fincher has even cast Jake Gyllenhaal as Eliot Ness!! A good piece of casting indeed, plus it's due to start production early next year, it's been in development for a few years, but Paramount Pictures have recently put it on the fast-track, to avoid the impending 2008 Writers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild strike, so we could see it for 2009!!'


This is flimsy 'evidence' and is merely put here to start a discussion. It makes me think of three things in particular - would Jake want to be involved in a second David Fincher project, even taking their clear friendship into consideration? Would Jake want to be in another film about a serial killer so close in time to the Zodiac during which, Jake has said, it took him into a world he was glad to leave behind? And it reminds me of August 2006 when Jake was seen walking around NYC with TORSO 'tattooed' on his right forearm. Do you remember Tattogate? I know some people have more reason to remember this time than most as it coincided with a bookreading by Stephen Gyllenhaal on MV, which Jake attended.


At the time, there was much debate about what these letters said on Jake's arm, not to mention why they were there. A fun time! But, to me, they clearly say 'TORSO' - a coincidence? I doubt it. Just click on these pictures, embiggen 'em and take a look.

Thanks to Jantoinette for the alert on this, which set me off!

Hot and sexy Jake

Here is a link to a video which comes from two, I think, TV shows, which revel in Jake's more obvious attractions. Containing clips screened shortly after Moonlight Mile and The Day After Tomorrow, the video shows a series of tributes to the young actor, including one by Susan Sarandon, who says 'he's so goodlooking, he could play just your normal everyday kind of cutie'. Model Adrienne Curry says 'Jake Gyllenhaal is sexy because not only does he have a fabulous body, but he's also got this childlike innocence to him. You just want to pinch his cheeks and make out with him at the same time'.


So what does Jake think about all this? 'When I hear that I'm a hot and sexy young actor, it makes me feel hot and sexy.' Watch the video if only for that moment!

Crushes

Talking of Susan Sarandon and Jake, I was having a look at Jake's section on people.com and it includes a great quote from Susan. In December 2002, Jake won a spot in People's Sexiest Man Alive issue and Susan said 'He's gorgeous, and he's got those big dreamy eyes. A lot of eyes can't offer 'I love you' in a convincing way. With Jake, you believe he has the capability and the depth to love. That's awesomely attractive.' I think in this case I'll forgive use of the word 'awesome'.


Jake's co-star in Moonlight Mile, Aleksia Landeau, told People in September 2002 that 'Everyone had crushes on him – wardrobe, makeup, everybody. He's not like those actors who are like, 'Look at me!' He has a poetic soul. He lets people come to him.'

It made me chuckle to read a quote from Jake himself, revealing he's not safe from having a crush or two either. It seems Jake told In Style in 2001: 'I had a model phase, then a thing for Alyssa Milano and Christina Applegate. But I was in love with Martha Plimpton.'


And finally...

...Just for Neely, as requested, here are caps of Jake at 48 seconds and 49 seconds from the truly adorable pink snap bracelet video - here is the link to that treat again.



Includes pictures from IHJ.