Jake Gyllenhaal has attached himself to yet another dark thriller. Deadline reports he’ll star and produce Snow Blind, based on the graphic novel by Ollie Masters and Tyler Jenkins. Masters is also the writer behind The Kitchen, which was adapted into a movie in 2019.
Snow Blind is described as similar to Gyllenhaal’s 2013 film Prisoners, and centers on a boy who discovers that his quiet life in Alaska is due to his family being in the Witness Protection Program. When he innocently posts a photo of his father on social media, all Hell breaks loose.
The film version will be directed by Danish filmmaker Gustav Möller in his English-language debut, with Patrick Ness (author of A Monster Calls) writing the script. Möller previously helmed the 2018 crime thriller The Guilty, which is being remade with Gyllenhaal attached to star.
It’s unclear where this fits in Gyllenhaal’s schedule, and of course everything is sorta up in the air right now. He’s also set to star in an adaptation of video game The Division, which could be next assuming production is ready to go.
