Compounding things

Austin did Fencewalker now Jake's doing Nightcrawler.

It was announced today that Jake will not only star in the indie film Nightcrawler but will be one of the producers as well. Tony Gilroy, Jennifer Fox join Jake as producers along with Bold Films’ Michel Litvak and David Lancaster.

Nightcrawler centers on a driven young man in Los Angeles who tries his hand at freelance crime reporting and discovers the nocturnal world of the LA crime scene  Rene Russo is also set to star. 

Jake is not the only one doing double duty on this film screenwriter Dan Gilroy is making his directorial from the script he wrote.   Production is set for late October.

 It looks like Jake is bouncing back to his indie roots again.  And Variety noted something else about Jake, "Since leaving CAA and joining WME, ....has tackled more story-driven adult dramas including indie “An Enemy” and Alcon Entertainment’s “Prisoners” with Hugh Jackman."  And from  personal observation, Jake is also choosing small to medium budget movies that guarantee a solid box office and good return in investment.

One more thing about Nightcrawler, it's a family affair.  Dan Gilroy is the writer/director with brother writer/director/producer Tony,  (who wrote the Bourne Identity with his brother Dan) one of the producers.  And another longtime collaborator twin brother John Gilroy, is editing the film.  And Rene Russo?  Well she's family too.  She's married to Dan.