New pictures of Jake in hats and glasses - plus Zodiac news

I'm not surprised that Jake's looking a little sleepy in a new picture taken of him leaving the August restaurant in NYC after brunch with a young lady on Sunday - he's not stopped in the last couple of weeks: festivals, tennis finals, baseball games, meeting directors for lunch, oh and hopefully signing up for new movies (see post below). It shows that talk of Jake Gyllenhaal in a Red Sox cap was genuine - he took the goodies home with him.


Another thing Jake's been doing is posing for Michael Stipe's Futurepicenter photographic website. Everyday Michael Stipe takes a photograph of a well known figure wearing his glasses. Yesterday was the turn of the Jake Frames. So, at long last, all those people (including myself) who wanted to see what Jake looks like in 'proper' glasses, as opposed to expensive sunglasses which hide his eyes or that poor excuse for a pair of spectacles in Proof, can have a good look and will not be disappointed. Sunday's model, by the way, was friend Mario Batali.


Zodiac DVD releases

January 8 2008 has now been announced as the release date for the all singing and all dancing director's cut edition of Zodiac. And here is the good news: 'this two-disc set will be loaded with special features. Extras include two feature commentaries. One is a solo act with David Fincher. The other is a track with Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and author James Ellroy. There's also the "Zodiac Deciphered" documentary, a bevy of featurettes on the visual effects, on the digital workflow, and sequence breakdowns (Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco). More featurettes go beyond the film as there is a Zodiac Speaking feature, a featurette on Linguistic Analysis, a "His Name Was Arthur Leigh Allen" featurette, and video and text-based extras on geographical and behavioral profiling. Also included are the trailers and TV spots.'


Today, I had a very pleasant reminder that September 24, the release date for the UK edition of Zodiac, is almost upon us. While buying some comfort food for my bug (chocolate and cupcakes), I stumbled across this:


Now I know I already have this on DVD, and I know that I have seen this film more times than David Fincher, but how can anyone resist this vastly improved cover image? Not to mention, it also comes with a half-hour feature. Always good to see Jake in my supermarket - it doesn't happen enough.

Includes pictures from IHJ. Please make sure you keep on reading and enjoy the good news of Brothers from today's earlier post.