Jake joined Jeff Bauman, his ‘Stronger’ co-stars Tatiana Maslany and Miranda Richardson, and director David Gordon Green, at the world premiere of ‘Stronger’ yesterday during the Toronto Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Pictures from the premiere and after party have been added to the gallery.

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > 2017 > 2017 Toronto Film Festival – ‘Stronger’ Premiere
Public Appearances > 2017 > 2017 Toronto Film Festival – ‘Stronger’ Premiere (After Party)

On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded in Boston, near the finish line of the city’s famed marathon. Three people died. Hundreds were injured. Sixteen people lost limbs. In the movie Stronger, which premieres this month, Jake Gyllenhaal portrays survivor and double amputee Jeff Bauman, who came to embody the motto that emerged after the tragedy, “Boston Strong.”

The movie, based on his book of the same name, dramatizes Bauman’s recovery and his path back to walking.

“It’s a story of what it takes to move beyond a dark place into light, into hope, into life,” says Gyllenhaal, who spent months with Bauman to prepare for the role. The two are now close friends. Bauman, 31, considers Gyllenhaal an older brother.

(more…)

Jake Gyllenhaal recently spoke with Charlie Rose about his upcoming film, ‘Stronger’. Follow the link below to watch the interview in our video archive, and / or download the video in our media section.

Video Link:
– Charlie Rose (9.7.17)

New publicity stills and on-set photos from Jake’s new film ‘Stronger’ have been added to the gallery.

Gallery Links:
Official Movie Pictures > Stronger (2017) > Publicity Stills
Official Movie Pictures > Stronger (2017) > On-Set Photos

The US premiere of “Stronger,” the movie about Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, will not be held in a fancy theater in New York, Los Angeles, or even in Boston. Instead, the much-anticipated movie starring Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal will screen first, on Sept. 12, at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown, where Bauman and 31 others injured in the bombings were treated.

“It’s important for us to be in that space,” says “Stronger” director David Gordon Green.

The movie, which arrives in theaters Sept. 22, is the second big-budget Hollywood film about the events of April 15, 2013, when two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 260. Bauman, who was there to greet his then-girlfriend, lost both of his legs in one of the blasts.

(more…)