Go Tell on The Mountain

It looks like Jake is going to do Everest.  In a recent interview with GQ.comUK Jake talked about the future project.

You're next working on Everest. Did your experience with Bear Grylls on Man vs Wild help you prepare?
With Everest, it's a story that I've always been fascinated with - even as just a metaphor. The idea of what is seemingly unattainable, but the reasons why people go there and try and as they say "conquer" a mountain. That is a fascinating turn of phrase. That somehow getting to the top of it is conquering it.

 As someone who is quite active is that something you relate to? The adventurer's spirit?
I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way. But where I find myself getting caught up is where that spirit doesn't meet discipline. What I loved about the process of researching Everest is just what a science it all is. You can believe in the sense of adventure, and you can create nostalgia based on some lofty idea of it, but ultimately to conquer that mountain requires great discipline - using your critical, analytical mind - as well as that spirit we all talk about.

Pre-production mentions have said that Everest will be filming in Iceland. If  indeed it is Iceland and with Iceland being so close to the Arctic circle - it is doubtful that the movie will film  in 2013 - with only 5 hours of sunlight available a day by the end of November.  So if the Iceman cometh won't be until Spring 2014.

Super G's?

While Austin was performing in Santa Monica, Jake at the U2 show in Anaheim on Saturday night. (Both in LA at the same time again for yet another weekend) No cowl but his handy dandy hat and instead of a cape his cloak of invisibility (his black jacket) tied round his waist.

He might not have wanted his cloak of invisibility but bet he was wishing for some superpowers before he stepped on that helicopter with Bear.
And with that here are the Top Ten Plus One of :

Things going through Jake's head before heading out with Bear.

11. There's not crying in baseball wait there's no crying in Iceland.

10. Why does Bear have that rope around his neck?

9. That hook at the this strap better not mean we aren't "landing" the helicopter.

8. I'm glad these pants are waterproof.

7. Please don't make me eat an eyeball. Please don't make me eat an eyeball. Please don't make me eat an eyeball.

6.I like a good free range chicken but not sure I can do free range puffin.

5.Wonder if there is anywhere I can grab a coffee when we get there.

4. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Red Leader One is a go!

3.My face says fierce but my head says flee.

2. OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

and the number one thing going through Jake's mind.

This is all your fault Nic!

Here's some details and pics of Jake and Bear's adventure.

And a teaser picture to get you go look.
Jake and Bear will be kicking of the season of Man vs. Wild July 11th at 9:00pm on the Discovery Channel.

Jake's Gone Wild ....

....and back.



Jake spent last weekend going Wild with Bear Grylls at Iceland's famous glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull and the Fimmvörduháls mountain range for the Bear's show Man vs. Wild. And it was Iceland that brought wild with a storm during the shoot.

“We can confirm that we were with Gyllenhaal and Grylls but I’d rather not comment any further on the story,” said Thór Kjartansson at the Icelandic production company True North which assisted the show’s crew on the glacier. “But they definitely got the wildest and best of Icelandic nature,” he added. (Iceland Review)


Jake traded in the Source Code duds for survival gear heading there straight from his last appearance in Rome. Guess the causal sportwear wasn't going to cut and reports were Jake of dropped by the 66°North store before heading to the mountains. It might be Jake's first time in Iceland but not his first in their famous gear.

Jake in 66°North

And keeping his rep as food enthusiast he hit the Laundromat Café in Reykjavik twice before dining al fresco in the wild with Bear.

“He came here twice, on Friday night and Saturday and was totally relaxed,” commented Steinn Einar at Laundromat. (Iceland Review)

It looked like the shoot was quicker than Jake's used to doing. If he was in Reykjavik on Sat and sources say that the shoot ended Monday night, looks like it was about 48 hours worth or wild.

And where's the wild man now?

Well a few tweets are saying they've seen Jake in New York today.

dlgann: Jake Gyllenhaal is walking down Hudson Street! about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

melissapresti Jake Gyllenhaal is outside, no big deal. I'm leaving for lunch and not coming back. about 3 hours ago via web

tffnyxx My mom left me a voice mail to tell me that she was just walking next to Jake Gyllenhaal #dead about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®


But The Day After Tomorrow ? Guess will have to wait and see.


Speaking of seeing:

New Eyes for the Needy tweeted a picture today of Jake in action at their silent auction and event on March 31st.

Jake told the crowd that he wears glasses when he “needs to look smart”. And revealed how he heard of New Eyes. "When I was a kid, my grandfather asked me to donate my glasses to Needy Eyes. ‘No way,’ I said, ‘I can’t part with them . . .’ I have since learned the error of my ways."

Fire & Ice

Looks like Jake's trekking around with Bear Grylls in Iceland. With most of the population living in only 7% of the island, there's lots of wilderness for Bear to go wild and plenty of places to for them to get in touch with their inner Viking. Not so sure if Jake will be in touch with eating some of the Norse delicacies but the guys may end up be smoking puffins out in the wild.

There's more to Iceland besides Vikings, Bjork and The Sugarcubes. There's Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest ice cap along with the fjords, glaciers, iceberg-filled lagoons, geysers, waterfalls, and chasms. And doesn't remember Eyjafjallajökull, it's just one of 130 volcanoes scattered over Iceland. There is much for Jake to hike and explore. No doubt after it's over Jake will be looking for a warm geothermal pool to soak in and try some Brennivín, Icelandic liquor, known in English as the black death.

While Jake is going wild, Austin is have a little rebel yell of his own.

if you rearrange the name @DeepakChopra you can spell Oprah Peed Cak.

Another little snap by Mr Nichols.

Huh? It is doubtful that he brought out Deepak Chopra out of the blue. Maybe he was watching to see what his co-star said when she was chatting with Craig Ferguson. She did make mention about how she tweeted with Deepak.

Breaking my hand won't stop me tweeting

Gotta love Austin's non sequitur tweets. They always say so more than people think.


About Sidney Lumet. No doubt Austin is a big fan of the man who brought to screen such movies as 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon and Network. (Who hasn't had their own "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take anymore moment") One thing people might not know about Lumet is that he directed Running on Empty, written by Jake's mom.