So what's going on in Santa Fe? And Zodiac's Satellite nominations

A few little snippets of information and hearsay are making their way out of Santa Fe and the set of Brothers through to the outside world, and especially to this bit of the world which is rather missing Jake Gyllenhaal. We know very little but according to witnesses, students or lucky paid extras, the house where much of the film is set has been built at the soundstage at the College of Santa Fe. Extras have been taken on to join Tobey Maguire in the Afghanistan warzone, children (or at least one) have been hired to play Tobey and Natalie's youngsters and, by looking at IMDb, the castlist is growing almost by the day (which isn't hard because just a few days ago it had a grand total of three people on it).


According to the news site Santa Fe New Mexican, last Thursday filming took place at the Green Onion in Santa Fe. The Green Onion is, by all accounts, not only a fun sports bar, it is also the only Irish pub in Santa Fe. But someone who saw what Jim Sheridan had done to the place for the movie, had this to say: 'Driving down St. Michael's last week, La Mitotera was shocked, shocked to see the Green Onion had vanished. Or moved? Or something? Then she realized that the building had been painted a darker color, had a snazzy American flag in its satellite dish and was now something called Tommy Phelan's. A little slow on the uptake, she took another look, noticed the lights, cameras and action and realized that Santa Fe's favorite sports bar was preparing for yet another close-up in the movies. Brothers was filming inside the Green Onion (and outside obviously judging from the paint job) just as North Country had done in the past. It had quite the patriotic feel to it, what with the flag and the red, white and blue!'


As for offduty hours, a poster at IMDb saw Jake and Tobey at his gym in Santa Fe, while last week, the 'brothers' were also spotted at a party at the Cowgirl, for the Santa Fe Film Festival. Now the Cowgirl's a place that sounds like fun.


One of the 'new' actors attached to Brothers is Ray Prewitt who plays 'AJ Owen'. Ray's site Fancy Catfish has a description of a rather intriguing underwear scene with Jake and Natalie. 'Hollywood will call you to send in tape for one of those q-rated roles and you will get to be in your underwear with Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman. oh, did i mention it was just me in my underwear. just me. in my underwear. them? fully clothed. me, underwear. yep. oh yeah, Jake makes fun of my body too. yep. yeah. hairy underwear ray. yep.' Gotta wonder.


Zodiac's Satellite nominations

The nominees for the Golden Satellite awards have been announced and, while there is unfortunately no mention of Jake, Zodiac has pulled three nominations. Brian Cox has been nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, James Vanderbilt has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Harris Savides has been nominated for Cinematography. The awards themselves will be presented on 16 December.


Includes pictures from Santa Fe New Mexican, IHJ and American Cinematographer.