[Updated to add more video] Source Code at SXSW - more videos, pictures and interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal and Duncan Jones

Updated to add the official SXSW video of the Source Code red carpet and Q&A. Also, head over now to Reelnewz for their amazing video overage! Here is a link to one of the Jake goodies.

Many thanks to ManMadeMovies for the heads up!

As Duncan Jones tweets that he's now flying off to DC for the next phase of Source Code publicity, there's a very good way to get an insider look into what its like to be the subject of all this attention - Duncan's and Rodene's travelblog. There are more videos from the SXSW premiere here.


Do check it out today. Last night we saw Peewee Herman having some fun with Jake Gyllenhaal. Today there is more. These two would make quite a double-act. In the first, Jake describes Peewee's Broadway show (sort of) and , in the second, Peewee does a much better description of what Source Code means.




It looks like Duncan 'The Fabulously T-shirted One' Jones was on hand just in case.


I must thank Bleeding Cool for making sure I didn't miss these goodies.

While Duncan went out to eat during the screening, Jake sat through it with his best friend, enjoying his reactions to the bits that made him jump. 'My best friend lives in Austin and he came with his girlfriend. Literally he grabbed my leg at one point and then at another time, in that scene where I jump off the train, he was like “Oh my god, what the hell?!” I was like “Yes!”' In an interview with EW, Jake confirmed with good humour LooGate and talked about why he wanted Duncan for the job of Source Code and how they got him on board:


'I’d seen Moon and I thought this guy must have a fantastic mind. And I’d been told there was a project that he wants to make that he was interested in me playing one of the roles for. So I said of course I want to meet him. At the meeting I told him ‘Oh there’s this other script that I would really love for you to read.’ I never thought that he would want to do Source Code because he tends to write and direct his own things. But we sent it to him on a roll of the dice and five days later he was like “I want to do the movie.”'


'What always scares me is people tend to lose character and a sense of “Why?” on a behavioral, human, psychological level when they’re dealing with something that can be entertaining. When you deal with something that is potentially commercial people just say “Oh, we’ll get to that later.” The movie was not anything I wanted to make unless it was with someone who was a real visionary. And humor too. Duncan has a great sense of humor—dirty and dark and great. I think the great thing about sci fi is there’s a little bit of a campy quality always. I don’t think anybody should take themselves too seriously in time continuum.'


Film of the Month

Source Code is Total Film's 'Film of the Month' as well as the 'One to Watch'!


In an interview inside the May issue, Duncan talks about Moon and Source Code - in particular, the pressures of following up such a critically-acclaimed debut (nothing like a spot of pressure...) - and he talks about why he picked Source Code to be the one: ''Jake Gyylenhaal', Jones enthuses. 'He was actually the one who brought it to me. He was already attached and I'm a huge fan of his.'' For more, click below.




There is a review of Source Code in Total Film but I haven't read it - except to know that they like it - and it could be spoilery, so do be warned.



And finally...

Another video from the SXSW red carpet:



Includes pictures from IHJ.

Source Code's SXSW panel and Jake Gyllenhaal catches up with Nailed co-star Peewee Herman

The third post of the day takes us to the Source Code panel at SXSW, which, as we're used to with Jake Gyllenhaal panels, was guaranteed to make people laugh and enjoy themselves, but this was enhanced by Duncan Jones who has been described as being positively 'giggly'. Before we get to that, Peewee Herman tweeted today from SXSW and he had this to say: 'wanted to find out what the #SourceCode is... so I stopped by to ask Jake!'


Peewee stars in Nailed alongside Jake and so there is history there. I just hope it comes to the conclusion it deserves.

We are so lucky today to have pictures straight from the panel. Ryan Boulding wrote about the premiere last night on ManMadeMovies and today tweeted throughout the panel. I particularly like this answer of Jake's in response to the question of if can travel travel through time after appearing in so many time shifting films (Donnie Darko, Prince of Persia, Source Code): 'I do know how to travel through time. I have a time machine if you want to join me. My delorian is out back.' I'm very grateful to Ryan for letting me share his pictures from the day.


You can read a full account of the panel here. I'm delighted to hear about the Twelve Monkeys vibe (I'm still managing to avoid all spoilers...).


There are more details of the premiere here on Wired. Duncan's enthusiasm for being back in front of the SXSW crowd is catching.


You can read a SXSW interview with Mark Gordon, the producer of Source Code over at Hollywood Reporter.


It's going to take a while to take stock on the treats that SXSW has delivered to us but the buzz for Source Code is immediate. I'm avoiding reviews at the moment but I hear, for example, that the Guardian gave it four stars. There is more to post - it'll follow tomorrow. Congratulations to Duncan, Jake, Michelle and Vera and everyone else who represented Source Code in Austin!

Many thanks to Ryan for sharing his pictures and experience with us.

As the panel is about to begin, report no 2 from the SXSW Source Code premiere

In a few short minutes - 11am local time in Austin, Texas (5pm I think over here) - the Source Code panel will take place, stage two in Source Code's triumphant SXSW opening. Before that here's a brief update to this morning's post. I'll start with a repeat of the video of the Q&A in case you've not seen that yet - plus a rather fun little prelude video.




There is a new account of Jake Gyllenhaal on the red carpet last night and here is an extract. I rather like its opening: 'Even on a red carpet in front of the Paramount Theatre amid the screeches of adoring fans, he focuses just on you. His eyes do not wander. He answers question after question with the deft intelligence of a trusted advisor, but the down-to-earth quality of the star next door.'


'“I love the artistic aspect of Austin,” he said about his frequent visits here. “It’s a city but also a town. And unlike elsewhere, everyone at this festival is kind.” He walked the carpet for “Source Code,” the thriller receiving its premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival. And like his director and co-stars, Gyllenhaal spoke persuasively about the project concerning a time-traveling soldier sent to avoid a train explosion. “It depends on how you define science fiction,” said Gyllenhaal, trimly attired in a gray shirt and neat jeans, when asked about his roles in the genre. “There’s always a bit of science fiction going on in my mind when I’m creating a character. We create our own roles when we act in science fiction, so you can make any choice you want.”'


There is a great sitdown interview with Jake at cnet. This is a wonderful interview and I suggest you read every scrap. Jake talks some more about the Source Code game and how it means the audience can interact with the film and its actors. 'What I think is cool is that storytelling doesn't just have to be linear [and the] movies we see are just one form of it. I think it's actual storytelling. You can tell one story, make a movie, and it's not just marketing a movie, it's about telling another story off of that movie, and having different stories. You're used to that with comic books, but to have something online where you're actually participating with your own computer, which is what happens in the movie, you know, it's a computer program that allows someone to enter someone else's body for the last eight minutes of their life, so you kind of get to do the same thing, and it just allows for millions of stories to be made off of one base story.'


'And the movie has a great opportunity to alter your sense of reality, and the game is just another one of those forms of being able to mess with people a little bit.' It's also interesting to hear Jake say that such a game may have been suitable for Donnie Darko.

Flynnofilm has presented his account of last night over at ManMadeMovies along with a great video interview recorded with Duncan Jones. Do check it out. There will be more there later too, from last night and from today.


According to tweets, Jake is 'in the building', the press are gathering for the panel, and the stage is set. So see you later!

Many thanks to IHJ for the pics.

[Updated] Source Code premieres! Jake, Vera, Michelle and Duncan shine at SXSW - a first report

Updated to add this great video of the Q&A!



Thanks to Mermon for the heads up.

What a night! Source Code premiered in Austin, Texas, and Jake Gyllenhaal was back on the red carpet, along with Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Duncan Jones and writer Ben Ripley. There's a huge amount to catch up with and so this post is a preliminary report. There will be more to come. But now it's time to dive in to a night of Source Code goodies.


I particularly liked this first interview with Jake, in which he talks about how fans can be inspired by a movie and can develop its ideas further. This took me right back to 2006.



You can read Jake's words here. “What I think is cool about Source Code Mission is that the idea of the source code in the movie is that it’s a computer game, and you know, off that computer game, different tangents are created,” Gyllenhaal told WebProNews. “And you affect the world as a result of that game. And the computer game that’s actually in reality – this reality – that’s on the Internet – is that same sort of idea, and is a tangent off the movie – that you can actually create other realities, and based on where you are, and the potential for the game is…just beginning now, but I think the user will create whatever it’s supposed to be.”


“To me, normally, you have a lot of games with movies [as] a way of marketing movies, and this feels like a way of creatively telling another story based on the story that was already told,” he added. “I just have all of these crazy, amazing ideas based on it, because what if we can get people on the Internet involved in the story after they’ve seen – or even before they’ve seen the movie, but particularly after they’ve seen the movie, there are so many possibilities…the possibilities are endless…”


I've purposefully avoided reviews of the film but there are lots of photos around of the Q&A that followed the screening. KVUE has a couple of galleries - of the whole gang, of Just Jake. They also have a video from the red carpet.



Here Jake, Michelle and Vera talk about being in Austin: '“This is not my first time in Austin. I love this city,” said actor Jake Gyllenhaal... “I already had a bike ride this morning. Would like to hit up some of the food trucks around town. Whatever I can run into. That's what I love about Austin,” Gyllenhaal said. “This is my first time in Austin...really happy to be here,” said Monaghan. “I'm going to go for a run around the lake tomorrow. I'm really excited about that actually.” Faniga said, “I'm excited to do some exploring, eat some fabulous food, listen to some great music.”'

'“We're opening the film festival with a movie I'm really excited about," Monaghan said. "And some guy named Jake Gyllenhaal. He's all right.”'


It was exciting last night following events on Twitter - there were some thrilled tweeters about, capturing photos of Jake and Michelle during their Unscripted interview for Moviefone. Here are some links to just a few: tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3, tweet 4, the theatre, and this great picture from a meet and greet with Jake. One can get slightly over enthusiastic though... ahem.


Many, many thanks to IHJ, who has done a magnificent job and so quickly! There are many more pictures there. I must say that Vera Farmiga looks absolutely sensational and I love Duncan's t-shirt! Duncan showed Moon at SXSW back in 2009 and it was clear that he was glad to be back at this his favourite festival.

The panel takes place today and so there will be details of that later as well as, no doubt, much, much more from last night as the hours go by. So stay tuned.


And finally...

Going off in a completely different tangent, we have our first taster of Jake on Shalom Sesame...

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway get sporty - and Enter the Source Code

Updated to add that you can follow Duncan's Source Code publicity tour through Rodene's travelogueblog (is that a word?). I've added a link on the top right of the front page here.

While Jake Gyllenhaal and Duncan Jones pack their bags and head off to Austin for the Source Code packed weekend (26 degrees centigrade forecast there for tomorrow so some suntan lotion and a big floppy hat might be in order), here is a brief interlude. It comes in the shape of a new Love and Other Drugs interview with Jake and Anne Hathaway and within it you will find some curious sporting metaphors. Jake also compares working with Annie to log rolling. Clearly logs are a lot more attractive in Hollywood than round these parts...



When Prince of Persia came out you may recall that Disney set up a smartphone PoP game that would be triggered if you walked past certain posters. Source Code also has a game - Enter the Source Code - and you can now play that using Facebook and on your phone. As is the way with these things, I believe the prizes are restricted to inhabitants of the US. There are more details about the development of the 20-minute game here.


Thanks to BBMISwear for the heads up on the great video!

Jake Gyllenhaal to join Duncan Jones at a SXSW panel on 12 March

Duncan Jones presents Source Code to the world on the opening night of the SXSW Film Festival on 11 March 2011. Today we had the good news that on 12 March, Duncan will be joined by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan on the panel 'SXSW Straight From the Source (Code)'. You can read much more about this and the other panels here . Many thanks to Man Made Movies for the heads up.


And it's thanks to MMM, that we can get a closer look at Duncan's appearance in this month's SXSWorld. In it, Duncan talks about the similarities between Moon's Sam Rockwell and Jake: 'They're both very smart guys, and they're also both incredibly funny guys... I know every director says this, but I really think this is Jake's strongest performance. I really think you will see how he fits into the mold of a Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones films - that kind of leading man.'



And finally...

I'm delighted to say that I've been informed by Bleeding Cool that the Blu ray of Love and Other Drugs is region free and it is about to ship...

Thanks to MMM as always!