Director's Cut

Prisoners broke it's award nominee shut-out with a Critics Choice nominee for Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins while it looks like one of Jake's previous director is finding another full award season. David O. Russell has been on an award roll since Nailed with The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and now American Hustle.  It make you want to watch Nailed as least the version Russell created just to see what kind of performance he capture with Jake. 

Early in his career Jake seemed to pick movies even more by the director than the screenplay.  It looked like he was creating his own film school working with some of the best directors in the business.  Each brought a difference to the screen,  then seem to be change - an evolution perhaps? Jake started working with "young" directors - those with only a few movie under their belt or those directors who had success outside of mainstream Hollywood, with a sprinkle here and there of a bigger name.

So here's the question:  Which director do you think had

Had best Director/Actor relationship with him?

Seem to have the best off screen rapport?

 Captured the best performance from Jake?

Who influenced Jake the most?

Who was the most challenging?

Who do you think Jake respected the most?

Didn't work as an actor director?


October Sky - Joe Johnston

Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly

Bubble Boy -  Blaire Hayes

Lovely & Amazing - Nicole Holofcener

The Good Girl - Miguel Arteta

Highway - James Cox

Moonlight Mile - Brad Silberling

The Day After Tomorrow - Roland Emmerich

Proof - John Madden

Jarhead - Sam Mendes

Brokeback Mountain  - Ang Lee

Zodiac - David Fincher

Rendition -  Gavin Hood

Brothers - Jim Sheridan

Prince of Persia - Mike Newell 

Love & Other Drugs - Ed Zwick

Source Code - Duncan Jones

End of Watch - David Ayer

Prisoners - Denis Villeneuve

And including two not seen on screen but based on off screen:

Nailed - David O. Russell

An Enemy - Denis Villeneuve

Ho Ho Ho... Green Giant

Happy Earth Day!

OMG's known from the beginning that Jake's not the only Green hottie in the house. Now others are catching are recognizing Austin for his environmental consciousness too.


Austin is up against such green guys as Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adrian Grenier and Ian Somerhalder for Green Hottie you want to hug a tree with over at MTV.com.
Austin's the tallest of the bunch, even if he doesn't win it, the Jolly Giant award is his.

And Jake's no Sprout.

He's getting a nifty prez, an environmentally conscious gift bag from Distinctive Assets, today. He is one of a few stars who will be getting "an array of organic and socially responsible products and services to let him know their Earth friendly efforts are appreciated."

No doubt Jake he will share some of it with Austin.

Maybe these.They seem like Austy kind of kicks.

You know because they've share:

Laughs

Rides

Workouts
Scenes


Trips

Clothes

Treehouses?


And they both recycle things like:

Stories in interviews

Tweets

Hairdo's

Couple more of Jake from yesterday's photoshoot.




Recycling a tweet is easy, but building supplies can be tougher.

Want to find out where you can recycle all kinds of things, and some things you never thought could be recycled?

Check it out at Earth911.com

We've only got one place to live, let's take care of it.

Actor, Director, Producer?

First things first ......

Congratulations Austin
On the great job you did on
your directorial debut

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Has Jake found his new partner?

Variety is reporting that Michael Pena is in talks to play Jake's partner in End of Watch.

Pena might be best known for his role in Crash, but has had a career that's spanned both comedy and drama. Pena has had some experience with law enforcement from his role as a detective on The Shield, a border patrol officer in Babel, a NYPD officer in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, and even mall cop in Observe and Report.

Something many might not know, Maggie played his wife in WTC.

Pena would play LAPD officer Mikes Zavala, partner of officer Dan Taylor (Jake). End of Watch is the story of good friends and partners and who are driven to clean up the street of South Central and who put more than their own lives at risk.

Couple of things that might have been overlooked about End of Watch.

It has a very small budget ($ 5 million) and a short shooting schedule (5 weeks) which makes it sound like it will be a small picture but maybe not. Looking at it further - the movie is set to have a documentary style look about it. It's another creative avenue for Jake.

The small indie feel to the project does lead to speculating about Jake doing more than just act. Maybe like take on a possible producer credit?


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What the Jake?

What is a picture of Jake and Boo doing at the Nashi headquarters in Moscow? (Global Post)

(Source)

ReSource Room

So much Source Code that this post is even getting written in Chicago. Talk about resourceful. Although it took longer than 8 minutes.

With the premiere on Friday at SXSW, more clips and interviews are coming to source out.

Here are two new clips.

The Kiss


What Would You Do ( Well maybe have someone look at the head wound Jake)


Here's an interview with Jake

Part 1


Part 2


And want a behind the scenes look at Source Code



Talk about filming in close quarters.
And didn't even recognize Russell Peters.



Source Code room. Pod or geodesic hamster ball?



And a special treat for Duncan - "Alamo Drafthouse & Mondo present the Duncan Jones “Director’s Series” with two prints from world renowned artist, Olly Moss."

Moss recreated posters for both Source Code and Moon. Looks like Austin(TX) likes Dunkin Duncan (sorry coffee joke - hey it's mornings, coffee required)

Can help but mention again that Jake will be the lead in "End of Watch", a gritty drama about partners on the LAPD force. Set to film in 2012, it definitely works into the schedule, just in case OTH has nine lives.

Think he wants the paps to spot him? Or just being a good do-bee and wearing neon safety wear to run on the road.

Hey Atti good to see ya!

Have Gun Will Travel

With just a little over week till the world premiere of Source Code at this year's SXSW, (Friday March 11th) the push is on and each day brings another little glimpse of what we can expect.


Source Code did a smart thing, they advertised during the Oscars. Smart move. Because you know people who like movies watch the Oscars, and people who like movies GO to the movies. Talk about reaching your target audience.


Just like the loop Source Code is based on, let's review the premise one more time:

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re- lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack. Filled with mind- boggling twists and heart-pounding suspense, Source Code is a smart action-thriller.
So basically it's like playing Clue over and over until you figure out who did it, except you know two things it was on a train and with a bomb. Just combine that with more twists and turns than Chutes and Ladders (aka Snakes and Ladders to some).

And for more about SC, check out the newest clip of between Jake and Michelle


and German trailer for the movie. It's a little different than the other trailers that are out and don't mean just hearing Jake "speaking" German.




And it's looks like Source Code might not be Jake's last pistol packing movie.




Variety is reporting that Jake is talk to continue on the action hero road. He is in talk with David Ayer's for a gritty cop drama. Ayer is set to write and direct cop drama "End of Watch," with Jake in early discussions to star. It's a gritty drama that follows the friendship between longtime partners on the force. (Sure bet it's the LAPD, since Ayer's only movie not with a LAPD police officer in it is U-571, about a German submarine) Still early in the process they are still putting the movie together and are out to find financing.

Now Jake in a police uniform cut a little bit snug . Rayban Aviators. Badge and cuffs. The short 'do. Ohmy! Sure half of West Hollywood will get the vapors at the mere thought. too.

Talk about good cop, let's be bad cop!

Now... this may have been the reason for the short cropped hair not just the Oscars. Everyone knows that when Jake is interested in a part he goes all out to convince them he's the right guy. Why look like you fit the part when you're in talks about it.

Let the "Watch" begin.