Getting around and about and making films

More pictures of Heath Ledger's Joker have been unleashed and they are extraordinary. I don't know how it's possible but this Joker is terrifying, menacing and sexy all at the same time. And when these images will be matched with the voice, the effect will be amazing.



At one time, the idea of playing Batman himself appealed to Jake Gyllenhaal, as he told the Chicago Sun-Times back in 2004: 'It's a character I would have loved to do and it would have meant working with Christopher Nolan, who is such a genius.'



It's a small world

Maggie Gyllenhaal left the cast of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee to spend time with Peter and Ramona in England as Peter films An Education. However, Maggie intends to travel much further than that. It's been reported that Maggie is to star opposite Paul Bettany (who plays a shell-shocked soldier) in the 'romantic drama' South Solitary. 'Solitary follows the story of Bettany's character when he is recuperating in Tasmania. The lensing of the movie is expected to start sometime in 2008 and it will take place in a remote lighthouse off the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania.'



Paul Bettany will be familiar to many of us from a couple of roles. In Wimbledon, a film I am unable not to watch each June/July, Paul played opposite Kirsten Dunst and Jake's The Day After Tomorrow co-star Austin Nichols and Jake was a visitor to the set (see above - September 2003). Not only that, Paul was a joy to watch as Chaucer in Knight's Tale alongside Heath Ledger. And now he is to play opposite Maggie. I feel like I say 'It's a small world' with disturbing regularity.



An Education

This week, the Daily Mail featured Carey Mulligan, a young actress, who, although 22 years old in real life, plays a 16 year old in An Education, in which she attracts the attention of Peter Sarsgaard's wheeling and dealing character. 'Carey's character, Jenny, 'lives this dull beige life in Twickenham'. Until, that is, an older man drives into her life... Everything changes when she meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a man with fingers in many pies who drives a red Bristol car.' Here is another picture from the set.


Jake getting around and about

New pictures of Jake walking to a gym on 4 April reveal that his bad ankle has not affected his walking-backwards-to-avoid-paparazzi skills. A video of Jake and Reese walking to a car on the same day also confirms that, although Jake's ankle is well strapped up, he does seem to be moving much easier on it. That is a big relief, not least because there is now only a week to go before Jake goes back to work.




And thanks to IHJ for more pictures from Cabo - that Game Ready looks a heavy load to me.


And finally, snow skills...

And just because I woke up today to a very unusual site for southern England in April - thick snow - here is Jake building an igloo.



Includes pictures from IHJ, Photolicious, Entertainment Wise and the Daily Mail.