This is so incredibly random that it might also be incredibly awesome. The InSneider reports that Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a supernatural romantic thriller from M. Night Shyamalan! Not only that, but it’ll be from an original story by writer Nicholas Sparks. Yep, that guy who wrote The Notebook.
Details on the mysterious project are slim, but the original story was co-created by Shyamalan and Sparks, who are also working independently to expand the idea into their chosen formats. So Shyamalan will turn the story into a movie, while Sparks is writing a novel. They must really like this concept they came up with.
This will be Gyllenhaal and Shyamalan’s first time working together. Shyamalan has been veering away from big-name stars for his last few projects. His most recent film, Trap, starred Josh Hartnett. Before that, it was Dave Bautista in Knock At the Cabin and Gael Garcia Bernal in Old.
Gyllenhaal most recently starred in Doug Liman’s Road House remake and Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. He’ll reunite with Ritchie for action flick In the Grey alongside Henry Cavill, followed by his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal’s horror The Bride!
Expect this to be next on Shyamalan’s list, so we could see it sometime in 2026.
