September_30th_2004                               >> source <<
IFTA Best Actor nominees announced

Johnny Depp and Sean Penn are among the nominees for Best International Actor at this year's Irish Film and Television Awards.

Depp is nominated for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl', while Penn makes the shortlist for his performance in 'Mystic River'.

The other nominees are: Jake Gyllenhaal ('The Day After Tomorrow'), Jude Law ('Cold Mountain') and Bill Murray ('Lost in Translation').

The winner will be decided by the general public with more information on how to vote available online at: www.iftn.ie/awards.

The Irish Film and Television Awards take place on October 30th.

                                                        

September_30th_2004                         >> source <<
Miramax May Delay Release of "Proof" Film
By Andrew Gans

The release of the Miramax film of "Proof" — based on the Tony-winning play of the same name — may be delayed.

The New York Times reports that "Proof" and "An Unfinished Life," another Miramax motion picture, may not be released until next year's Cannes International Film Festival. The speculation comes after Miramax's layoff of 55 employees last week. About the upcoming films, Miramax spokesperson Matthew Hiltzik told the Times, "As always, we'll evaluate the situation and do what's best for the films."

The movie of David Auburn's Proof features a screenplay by Rebecca Miller. Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow heads the cast as Catherine, a woman who may or may not be as mathematically gifted as her troubled genius of a father. The other central characters are played on screen by Jake Gyllenhaal (Hal), Anthony Hopkins (Robert) and Hope Davis (Claire).

John Madden directed the film. Madden also directed Paltrow in the London engagement of the play at the Donmar Warehouse.

Proof opened at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on Oct. 24, 2000, playing 916 performances before closing Jan. 5, 2003. The original cast included Mary-Louise Parker, who won a Tony Award for her performance; Larry Bryggman; Johanna Day; and Ben Shenkman. Under the direction of Daniel Sullivan, the production also won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

                                                       

September_23rd_2004                         >> source <<
Singer/actress Ashlee Simpson (7th Heaven) is set to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the crime-drama Wannabe, which starts shooting in November. The Intermedia Films project was rewritten and will be directed by Eric Eason, who wrote and directed 2002 Sundance Film Festival favorite Manito. Outlaw Productions will produce and Lions Gate Films is distributing.

"The movie involves music and actors, and all that kind of stuff," Simpson told MTV. "I play an actor, and it's basically about musicians trying to find their way. There's a guy who gets too old to be a musician, and all of us become his fan club. So it's going to be a great movie, and [studio] Lions Gate does edgier films, so it's going to be really exciting."

Wannabe is described as a modern-day mob story based on the offspring of mobsters who defy the traditions and protocols of their elders and embark on their own bloody paths. The project was originally based on a New Yorker magazine article by Mike McAlary and adapted by CSI creator Anthony Zuiker.

                                                                          

September_21st_2004                                          >> source <<
Jake Gyllenhaal, from "Donnie Darko," and Maggie Gyllenhaal, from "Mona Lisa Smile," made a surprise trip to USC late Monday afternoon to film a segment for The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting how easy it is to register to vote.

Along with representatives from Declare Yourself, a non profit, non partisan campaign designed to get youth involved in politics, Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal asked students to either register to vote or, if registered, to sign a promise to Winfrey that they would vote in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 2.

Both Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal said they were pleasantly surprised by the number of students who said they were already registered to vote.

Young people will have an important impact on the election, Maggie Gyllenhaal said.

Jake Gyllenhaal said that everyone should vote "because, it's a sad time when people have to ask why people should vote."

Declare Yourself set up a booth in front of the Student Union where students could register to vote.

Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal brought unregistered students to the booth or referred them to www.declareyourself.com to register.

The siblings went to various places on campus, including Lyon's Center, Norris Theatre and Tommy Trojan, and the Alpha Chi Omega chapter house.

"It's hard not to be happy when Jake Gyllenhaal swings by to say hi," said Courtney Churukian, a junior majoring in communications.

Monica Berger, a junior majoring in business with an emphasis in management consulting, said that while seeing Jake Gyllenhaal was exciting, she was more excited about being on television, especially The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Declare Yourself originally suggested The Oprah Winfrey Show do an episode about youth and politics and has been collaborating on the episode since April, said Christy Salcido, communications director for Declare Yourself.

USC was chosen as the place to film the segment because Declare Yourself sponsored an event at USC last spring, and Salcido is an alumna of USC and the USC chapter of Alpha Chi Omega.

In addition to the segment, a celebrity panel including Christina Aguilera Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and P. Diddy will appear on the show to talk about the significance of youth involvement in politics.

The episode will air Sept. 29 on ABC at 3 p.m.

                                                                         

September_19th_2004                                    >> source <<
Title: The Day After Tommorow
Starring: Dennis Quaid
Released: 18th October 2004
SRP: £24.99 (2 Disc)

Further Details
Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced The Day After Tommorow which stars Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film will be available to own in single and double-disc editions from the 18th October this year. Retail will be set at around £15.99 for the one-disc and £24.99 for the two-disc special edition. The standard edition will include a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer along with both an English Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Surround track. The only extra material will be a commentary by Director/Co-writer Roland Emmerich and Producer Mark Gordon, and a second commentary by Co-writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Cinematographer Ueli Steiger, Editor David Brenner and Production Designer Barry Chusid. The two-disc release will include all of that along with features looking at the pre-visualisation, a pre-production meeting, storyboard and concept galleries, an Eye of the Storm: Filming The Day After Tomorrow featurette and a Pushing the Envelope: Visual Effects featurette. Completing the package will be deleted scenes with optional commentary by Roland Emmerich and producer Mark Gordon, The Force of Destiny: The Science and Politics of Change featurette, a feature on scoring the movie as well as multiple trailers for The Day After Tommorow, Alien Quadrilogy set, Alien Vs Predator, Independence Day and Man on Fire.

                                                      

September_19th_2004                       >> source <<
Title: Donnie Darko
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal
Released: 4th October 2004
SRP: £19.99.

Further Details
Metrodome has announced the director's cut of cult movie favourite Donnie Darko, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal. This new two-disc set will include the 128 minute director's cut of the movie, presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen along with English DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Extras will include an all-new commentary by director Richard Kelly and a certain Kevin Smith, twenty deleted and extended scenes with optional director commentary, a production diary with commentary, B-Roll footage, cast and crew interviews, filmographies and two featurettes entitled 'They Made Me Do It' and 'They Made Me Do It Too'. Completing the package will be Cunning Visions Infomercials, two trailers, five TV spots, the 'Mad World' music video and eastereggs. 
                                                       
September_12th_2004                                          >> source <<
Dunst and Gyllenhaal Will Reunite One Day

 Actress Kirsten Dunst hopes she'll rekindle her romance with actor Jake Gyllenhaal one day - because he'll always be the love of her life. The Spider-Man 2 star has found the break up impossible because she's still besotted with the Day After Tomorrow hunk and hopes they can get back together when they've experienced single life and are older and wiser. Dunst admits, "He's (Gyllenhaal) an amazing man. What makes it so complicated is that I don't think this is the end of the story. Maybe someday it will work out, but I can't see that being for quite some time. Jake was the love of my life - he was, is and always will be. But I'm so young, he's so young, I just keep thinking how young we are. I'm still completely connected to him and we are friends, which is fantastic. It's just that, right now, both of us have stuff we need to go through and it's important, especially now, for me to be on my own."