Jake Gyllenhaal In Talks To Star In ‘The Way, Way Back’

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Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in The Way, Way Back, which will be directed by The Descendants team, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, IndieWire have reported.

The project, which has taken years to get off the ground, tells the story of a teenage boy who over the course of summer forms a friendship that gives him the strength to stand up to his bullying stepfather and reconnect with his mother.

Real Steel Director Has Bigger Plans For Next Year

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Director of next month’s Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy has recently revealed two major projects for the upcoming year – an adaptation of the Frankenstein novel and an adaptation of Fantastic Voyage.

First rumoured for the adaptation of Frankenstein last month, Levy admitted to ComingSoon that he has plans to adapt Max Landis‘ screenplay based on Mary Shelley‘s 1818 novel. Details are few but Levy hints, “It’s a radical retelling of that Frankenstein legend.”