Jake Gyllenhaal to star with Jesse Eisenberg in illusionist heist movie Now You See Me?

If there's one thing that I like even more than a top heavy pizza, a jug of margarita and a side Caesar salad (it's late, I've been out all evening and I'm starving), is talk of possible future roles for Jake Gyllenhaal. Especially when there's not too much on the horizon short of wrestling with polar bears on the icecap with Bear Grylls and sorting out LA's baddies in End of Watch. Tonight comes the news - or rumour - that Jake is being sought for a leading role in the film Now You See Me (directed by Louis Leterrier of Clash of the Titans fame). The story originated with Variety and so it's worth giving it credence - at least until conflicting schedules put an end to it.


The other lead, which isn't any more fixed than Jake, is Jesse Eisenberg (Social Network), an interesting actor and one I would be interested in seeing work with Jake. We shouldn't hold our breath though as Now You See Me has a projected release date on IMDb of 2014. Its storyline is as follows: 'FBI agents track a team of illusionists who pull of bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money'. I'm not a fan of films about illusionists or magicians (too many childhood summer holidays spent being dragged around seaside magic shows) but I do like the sound of this.


Obviously, Jake's experienced in working with rabbits and if they need someone to saw in half, I could be available. Maybe.

PS I know that's Bubble Guinea Pig and not Bubble Bunny.

Pictures from IHJ.