Jake Gyllenhaal is heading to WWII as 'The Last Airman'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            One of the industry’s busiest actors has added yet another movie to his list of projects. According to THR, Jake Gyllenhaal will star in The Lost Airman, a WWII film based on the book of the same name written by Seth Meyerowitz.

            The film tells the true story of an American turret-gunner who’s shot down over France and gets protection from the French resistance. It sure sounds like more good material is finding Gyllenhaal with his recent string of films that include Nightcrawler, Prisoners, Enemy, Nocturnal Animals and Southpaw, just to name a few, The Lost Airman looks to show the actor treading different waters in a WWII setting. No director or screenwriter has been attached yet but with Gyllenhaal and John Lesher (Birdman, Black Mass) producing, it sure looks like it’ll attract some more talent.

            Gyllenhaal’s busy slate continues to fill up as his next performance can be seen on Netflix on June 28^th as Okja hits the streaming service in which he co-stars with Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano and many others. He also has Dano’s directorial debut, Wildfire later this year as well as Stronger, in which he plays a victim of the Boston Marathon bombings. That’s not even including Rio, which he’ll star with Benedict Cumberbatch and The Son, his latest collaboration with Denis Villeneuve who directed him in both Prisoners and Enemy. So if you’re a fan of Gyllenhaal, he’s not going away anytime soon.