A new Prince of Persia still, a new Sesame St picture, Brothers rumours and Jake Gyllenhaal's advice to 2012 star

If ever a photograph of Jake Gyllenhaal deserved a new post, it's this one. Simply stunning - many thanks to IHJ for finding this.


Another new image of Jake, this time with more ostrich octopus, reminds us that the new anniversary season of Sesame Street is underway, with a chance that Jake may feature today briefly. But then we thought that about yesterday too. I think we're in this for the long haul, but just think how it will benefit our spelling. Thanks to BBMISwear for finding this! I still marvel at how someone thought that pulling an octopus off Jake's head was a handy definition of 'separate'.


Brothers meanwhile continues its softly, softly progress towards release. Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has been lamenting the lack of screenings just like the rest of us but he has heard a whisper: 'I'm told there's some kind of "special screening" in Manhattan slated for 11.22, and an L.A. premiere screening set for 12.1. Sheridan is currently in Toronto preparing to shoot Dream House, a psychological thriller with Daniel Craig starring. He flies to Ireland tomorrow and returns to this side of the pond a week or so later.'

With all these projects coming together, here's a reminder (as if we need one) that not everything comes to pass. The enormous variety of Jake's roles cannot fail to catch attention, as is reflected in this interesting article about 'Why Hollywood's Hardest-Working Actord Deserves an Oscar'.


A little film opens this week - 2012 (The Film With The Trailer as I like to think of it). One of its stars Amanda Peet has spoken of why she took the job: 'Question: So, was it the overall nature of the film that appealed to you? Peet: Well, I thought the script was a page-turner, and I thought that it had some nice character moments, even though it was this big action movie. And then I called Jake Gyllenhaal, and I said, "What's it like to work with Roland Emmerich?" And he said, "It's a dream. Go - run, right away, and go work with him." And he was right. Because he's so lovely, and so easy and so supportive and gentle.' And Jake's not bad either.

Updated to add a slightly different version of the anecdote from Parade: '"I e-mailed Jake Gyllenhaal, who was in Day After Tomorrow, before I signed on. I said, 'Is Roland Emmerich great or is he a nightmare? Tell me the truth because life is short and I need to know what's up.' And Jake replied, 'He is the most divine, great person to work for ever and you should run and do it.'"'

Includes pictures from IHJ.