Jake Gyllenhaal gets his Souce Code Love Interest, Peter Sarsgaard gets Green Lantern

We've got the train station, now what we need are some actors, and today came the news that Duncan Jones has lined up two actresses for Source Code, including Jake Gyllenhaal's Love Interest. Vera Farmiga, who starred alongside Peter Sarsgaard in Orphan (a film far too scarey for my delicate sensibilities) 'will play a hands-on communications officer controlling Gyllenhaal as he travels through time and space. [Michelle] Monaghan is a woman on the train with whom the man is involved romantically.' One wonders how 'hands on' that will be?


'Farmiga is flying high off her Golden Globe-nominated performance as George Clooney's love interest in "Up in the Air," one of the season's major awards players. Monaghan starred with Shia LaBeouf in "Eagle Eye" and recently wrapped "Due Date" with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.' Good actresses, good film - Source Code is certain to get a lot of attention.


And while we're talking about casting, yesterday came the news that Peter has won the role of chief baddie in a major film, Green Lantern, starring The Proposal's Ryan Reynolds. The success of An Education, and the acclaim that has greeted its actors, has given Peter much more exposure, as can be seen by his casting in Tom Cruise's Knight and Day. But this is a further big step. It will also be fun, much more fun than one would expect from playing a pathologist in other movies.

And to continue the chain, Peter's An Education co-star Carey Mulligan received recognition by BAFTA this week with her nomination for Rising Star. Carey also, of course, shone in her small role in Brothers. Good luck to her!


Jerry Bruckheimer has been answering more fans questions about Prince of Persia and he had this to say about a very recent screening of the film: 'Recently, in the last three weeks, we had a screening for a test audience, which ranges from eight to eighty in the audience and, fortunately for us, it tested higher than... the initial Pirates of the Caribbean. Now that doesn't really mean a lot because sometimes testing can be a little off, but it's certainly a great indication that people love this movie. A lot of the people in the audience weren't gamers and had no idea it was even a game. They just saw it as a wonderful movie and enjoyed it. It's romantic, it's funny, it's got great action, wonderful characters and that's what we've tried to bring you.'


You still have a few hours in which to place a question for Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Pop over to this site.

Meanwhile, the gaming fans of Prince of Persia are enjoying the first screen shots from the new game, The Forgotten Sands, which will be released to coincide with the movie. The images are stunning.


Sites have today been spreading a quote - with no source - from Jake (there have been a few over the last few days and who knows from where and when they originated - they do remind me of elements from recent interviews). In the latest quote, Jake speaks with enthusiasm of the mini-Jakes that will flood (hopefully) the toy market this summer: 'A lot of people find it weird to have little action figures of themselves, but I think it’s great. In fact it’s awesome! I can’t wait. I’m going to buy loads.' Jake's not the only one.

Includes pictures from IHJ and sources.