The first official photo of Jake as Dr. Johnny Wilcox in the Netflix original film, ‘Okja’, has been released. New plot details have also been released, which can be found below. ‘Okja’ hits Netflix (worldwide) on June 28th.

For 10 idyllic years, young Mija has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja — a massive animal and an even bigger friend — at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when the family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend.

With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja… while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is reteaming with his Life director Daniel Espinosa for an adaptation of the Rolling Stone article, “The Anarchists vs. ISIS.”

Espinosa is set to direct the film adaptation and will produce under his newly formed production banner BOZI alongside Ninestories’ producers Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker. Bold Films chairman Michel Litvak will also produce, and CEO Gary Michael Walters will executive produce.

The Rolling Stone article, written by Seth Harp, tells the true story of a ragtag team of American volunteers, socialists and outcasts who are fighting alongside the Kurdish militia known as the YPG to beat ISIS in Syria and establish an anarchist collective amid the rubble of war.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson recently spoke with Steve Wright of Steve Wright In The Afternoon at BBC Radio 2 about their new sci-fi thriller, ‘Life’, in theaters tomorrow. Listen to the interview below!

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On a Thursday in mid-January, an ice storm that will go on to create tornadoes in Texas and a 20-car pile-up in Kansas is stopping off first in California, though admittedly in less apocalyptic fashion. Los Angeles is not a town designed for rain: the candy-coloured buildings seem somehow both drab and gaudy, and as the water drips from their leaves the palms look suicidal.

Standing at the window of a tower block in Burbank, a few miles northeast of Hollywood, surveying the office buildings below and beyond them, the hills, Jake Gyllenhaal sees things differently.

“I think there’s something kind of magical about the way the palm trees come out of the mist,” he says.

And he’s right. It’s true. There is. Perhaps the 36-year-old actor is just pleased to see daylight.

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Last night Jake joined his co-stars Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, and director Daniel Espinosa at the world premiere of ‘Life’, held at the Zach Theater in Austin, TX. Photos have been added to the gallery.

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Public Appearances > 2017 > SXSW Festival – ‘Life’ Premiere