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Jake Gyllenhaal goes to the Moon!

Although I love science fiction and movies that transport us to other worlds and other times like Star Wars and Star Trek, there’s something extremely profound about movies that deal with man… and our factual journey into space.

A movie like Apollo 13, which actually deals with the wonders of leaving Earth… real life Captain Kirk’s and Picard’s. We don’t get enough of these movies about man’s desire to venture into space… at least not those from a realistic standpoint.

Variety say that Jake Gyllenhaal who is making a career as the bland everyday guy is to team up with the upcoming director of Jumper to star in a movie dealing with a private expedition to the moon. The movie is currently known as Untitled Moon Project, and will see Liman direct from a Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) screenplay.

I find the whole subject of man travelling to the moon as been absolutely fascinating, and it’s something that we all too easily forget and take for granted these days. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong are just answers to trivia questions now… or at least that’s how they are perceived in the U.K. Forgotten heroes of a different era.
This sounds good then, a film that just shows the wonders of space travel, without the need for aliens or space-ships is a welcoming flick in my eyes. Let’s hope they give Gyllenhaal a real character this time.

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2 Comments »

I wouldn’t say that Gyllenhaal was a “bland everyday guy” in Brokeback Mountain would you?

Comment by Chris | October 9, 2007
Chris,

I’m not homophobic, but paying my money to see a love story between two guys was not my thing… so I didn’t see it.

Zodiac, Jarhead, The Day After Tomorrow… he badly needed a little more character.

Rendition looks like it follows the same path.

Comment by Matt Holmes | October 10, 2007