Jake Gyllenhaal

  • Movie News
  • Screenwriting

Zodiac Screenwriter on His Overlong Spec Script and Convos With David Fincher on the ‘Passage of Time’

James Vanderbilt wrote the screenplay for 2007's Zodiac on spec — meaning he wasn't commissioned to write it. So he…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Multiple Men Play the Zodiac Killer in Zodiac. Adam Nayman’s New Book on David Fincher Explains Why

David Fincher's 2007 film Zodiac follows three men on the trail of a Bay Area serial killer known for his…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Alec Baldwin Prop Gun Tragedy; The French Dispatch Design; Michael Bay is Back

A tragic incident on a Sante Fe film set involving a prop gun and star Alec Baldwin; A look inside…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

The Guilty Cinematographer Maz Makhani on Shooting with Three ARRI ALEXA LFs in One Location

The Guilty director Antoine Fuqua and cinematographer Maz Makhani connected a decade ago on a Lil Wayne music video set…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Here Are the Actors Who Lent Their Voices to Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a 911 call operator named Joe Baylor in The Guilty, a new thriller movie from Netflix…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Spider-Man Denial; Inspired Peabodies; Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal and Trees

In today's Movie News Rundown: A flat denial about Spider-Man: No Way Home from ex-Spidey Andrew Garfield; the Peabody Awards…

3 years ago
  • Oct Rundown

Movie News: Godfather Casting; Directors Plead for Theaters; Borat Teaser

In today's Movie News Rundown: A movie about making The Godfather casts its leads, excellently; many of your favorite filmmakers…

4 years ago
  • Annual Lists

The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2019: Small Cities and Towns

"The film business as we know it is never going back to Los Angeles," director Joe Carnahan reportedly said during…

5 years ago
  • MM Guide 2019

No Guts, No Story: Find Your Screenplay’s Soul By Trusting Your Instincts and Your Allies

I’ve wanted to make films for a long time, but my problem was always the ability to write something. I’d…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Kindling Kinship: To Write an Adaptation, Build Bonds Between Your Creative Partners and Your Source Material

The process of adaptation is always different depending on what source material you’re working with, but my co-writer Thomas Bidegain…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Finding the Human: Dan Gilroy Talks Script Formatting and Writing Roman J. Israel, Esq. on Spec for Denzel Washington

Dan Gilroy's newest movie, Roman J. Israel, Esq. stars Denzel Washington as a legal savant—a civil rights attorney who's been…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

ICYMI: The Best of November 2016 on Moviemaker.com

Break out of that Thanksgiving food coma and join us as we wrap up November 2016 on Moviemaker.com with our…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

“Americana With a Hint of Jaundice”: DP Seamus McGarvey Talks Style, Mood of Nocturnal Animals

Tom Ford, the director, writer and producer of Nocturnal Animals, turned up at a Bafta screening last night with stars…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Appetite for Deconstruction: Jean-Marc Vallée and Jake Gyllenhaal Talk Demolition

Jean-Marc Vallée can’t slow down. The Montreal-born director’s feverish pace has resulted in three features in just three years: Dallas…

8 years ago
  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Fall 2015

Kings of the Underworld: Denis Villeneuve, Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt on Sicario

“Directing is more the art of listening than of being a dictator,” says Denis Villeneuve, articulating a philosophy that has…

9 years ago
  • Fall 2014
  • Movie News

MovieMaker’s Fall 2014 Issue: Now On Stands!

MovieMaker Magazine's 111th issue, Fall 2014, hits newsstands around the U.S. and Canada today. The issue is also available for…

9 years ago
  • Directing

Richard Kelly’s Second Chance: The Director Reflects on How Donnie Darko Became a Cult Hit

Movies that barely net a half million at the box office are generally written off as duds in Hollywood. But…

20 years ago