Nightcrawler Who Made It: Dan Gilroy Who's In It: Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo Where It Might Premiere: Toronto The Gist: After a bidding war broke out from footage shown at Cannes (Open Road won it, in the end), buzz has been big for «Nightcrawler,» which follows a young man (Gyllenhaal) who stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.
Not exact matches
That's Kodi Smith - Mcphee (
Nightcrawler in the X-Men: Apocalypse movie, and the kid from The Road before that) in the lead, and the movie was directed by Albert Hughes (
who co-directed The Book of Eli).
That the man
who gave us the modern gem «
Nightcrawler» could also turn in this legal drama is endlessly fascinating.
The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna,
who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist
who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen,
who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen,
who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk,
who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed,
who was recently featured in
Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.
He goes through a stunning transformation for this part; it's hard to believe it's the same guy
who was in last year's excellent
Nightcrawler.
Usually, I mean if I don't need to — like for Let Me In, I didn't look at Let the Right One In — but for something like this, I thought it was right to just find all the roots, you know, see how
Nightcrawler evolved into
who he is now.
We're also introduced to a slew of cameos only recognizable by fans of the book, most notably
Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), a demonic mutant
who finds salvage in religion and has the ability to teleport from one place to another in an instant.
Jake Gyllenhaal has really turned around his career over the past few years with character - driven films like «
Nightcrawler,» «Enemy» and «Prisoners,» so it only seems natural that he would want to collaborate with Jean - Marc Vallée, the Canadian - born director
who led Matthew McConaughey to Oscar gold in «Dallas Buyers Club» and helped revive Reese Witherspoon's career with «Wild.»
Nightcrawler tells the story of Lou Bloom, an eccentric young man
who stumbles across the career of freelance photography in Los Angeles.
NIGHTCRAWLER: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man
who finds his way into crime journalism work in Los Angeles, documenting crime scenes, fires and car crashes.
Obviously, there are a lot of storylines and characters going on here, and this isn't even getting into the return of Moira McTaggart (Rose Bryne), or Xavier's new students (Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops and Kodi Smit - McPhee as Kurt Wagner /
Nightcrawler)
who stand in as the young versions of the characters
who featured in the original X-Men films.
The first trailer for Gilroy's anticipated follow - up to his acclaimed directorial debut
Nightcrawler has dropped, and it has Washington setting the bar for Oscar - buzzy performances as the titular idealistic lawyer
who becomes disillusioned with the practice.
Scott Stuber has been tasked with assembling a star - driven slate that could reach 40 - 50 annual films in total, and Triple Frontier gets added to a growing film roster that recently included the deal that reteams
Nightcrawler writer - director Dan Gilroy with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo for an untitled film set in the art world, and Highwaymen, the John Lee Hancock - directed film put in turnaround at Universal about the Texas Rangers
who hunted down and killed bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson starring.
As for the one cool X-Men
who did get a good translation into live - action,
Nightcrawler, the lovable teleporter stole the screen in X-Men 2 when played by Alan Cumming only to never return again.
The story centers on Billy Hope — yes, that's really his name --(Jake Gyllenhaal, «
Nightcrawler»), a champion boxer
who is seemingly unstoppable in his boxing career and his family life with a lovely, devoted wife (Rachel McAdams, «Aloha») and daughter (Oona Laurence, «Lamb») always by his side.
Some other performers were ultimately decided to be a little too well - established, like «Selma» big noise David Oyelowo, Spirit Award - nominated «
Nightcrawler» secret weapon Riz Ahmed (previously seen being excellent in «Four Lions,» among others), former child star Gaby Hoffman, «Downton Abbey ««s Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens, «Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes» villain Toby Kebbell, «Whiplash ««s Miles Teller, «Fury ««s Logan Lerman, and «Gloria ««s Paulina Garcia,
who we included on this list last year.
Jake Gyllenhaal of «
Nightcrawler,»
who also received a SAG Award nomination yesterday, also made the cut here, as did «Selma» actor David Oyelowo.
The «
Nightcrawler» star will play Frank Rourke, «a veteran LAPD cop
who heads up the Special Investigation Section (SIS).»
We wrap up with
Nightcrawler's duet between eye - popping Jake Gyllenhaal (
who splits opinion) and Rene Russo
who deserves more good roles immediately.
Sure, there were those
who expected more from
Nightcrawler, which had been mooted for leading actor and supporting actress nods for Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, respectively, but Gyllenhaal can in any case console himself with some of the career - best raves he has been gathering in New York this week following his Broadway debut Tuesday night opposite Ruth Wilson in Englishman Nick Payne's Constellations.
Doctor
Who has cast Alan Cumming, who portrayed Nightcrawler in X2, in a guest role the actor has revealed before quickly apologizi
Who has cast Alan Cumming,
who portrayed Nightcrawler in X2, in a guest role the actor has revealed before quickly apologizi
who portrayed
Nightcrawler in X2, in a guest role the actor has revealed before quickly apologizing.
The perpetually transformative actor Jake Gyllenhaal does a 180 - degree turn from his previous role of Louis Bloom in
Nightcrawler, going from playing a spindly man
who used his sharp intellect and lack of emotion to gain the upper hand to get ahead, to beefy one that is of below average intelligence, running all on emotion, and lashing out physically against anyone and anything that gets in his way.
The story of Diggs
Nightcrawler follows a detective
who is framed for the murder of his friend
who happens to be a high profile citizen of Library City, and it follows the style of a noir thriller.
Variety reports that Gilroy,
who memorably directed Gyllenhaal in
Nightcrawler, has also added Fresh Meat «s Zawe -LSB-...]
Anyone
who's been paying attention to the actor's work for the last decade or so has witnessed an extraordinary variety of complex, empathetic performances in films like «Enemy,» «Brokeback Mountain,» «Zodiac,» «End of Watch,» «Source Code,» «Prisoners,» and last year's creepy, riveting «
Nightcrawler.»
Mystique is now going by Raven and she is on her own rescuing mutants
who are oppressed or enslaved, including
Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit - McPhee).
A «major twist» occurs halfway through the film, and indeed here we see a funeral attended by Charles (James McAvoy),
Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit - McPHee), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), and Storm (Alexandra Shipp), so
who dies?
However, this featurette won't give much new information to those
who only know
Nightcrawler from the movie.
Writer - director Dan Gilroy made one of the most dazzling debuts in years with 2014's
Nightcrawler, a deliciously soulless black comedy about a TV bottom - feeder (Jake Gyllenhaal)
who rises in power the more vicious he becomes.
Nightcrawler is the directing debut of screenwriter Dan Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy, co-written with his brother, Tony Gilroy,
who also directed), and whatever I may think about the movie (and I am not as big a fan as the rest of the world), it does not feel like a first movie.
This
Nightcrawler is about a desperate man
who is looking for work and finds himself in the underworld of shock news reporting.
Pam Grady: A gaunt Jake Gyllenhaal delivers one of this finest (and creepiest) performances as a thief
who discovers his purpose as TV news videographer with an eye for the visceral in Dan Gilroy's eerie thriller
Nightcrawler.
Roman J Israel, Esq. is both written and directed by American filmmaker Dan Gilroy,
who made his first directorial debut with
Nightcrawler after writing the scripts for Freejack, Chasers, Two for the Money, The Fall, Real Steel, The Bourne Legacy,
Nightcrawler, and Kong: Skull Island.
Regardless of
who she's playing, Jessica Chastain joins a cast that includes X-Men franchise stars such as James McAvoy (Professor Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Kodi Smit - McPhee (
Nightcrawler), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Evan Peters (Quicksilver).
In theaters now is Dan Gilroy's
Nightcrawler, a story set during nighttime in Los Angeles about a young man desperate for work
who lands a career in late - night crime journalism.
When he comes across the lucrative world of
nightcrawlers, freelance stringers
who race after breaking news stories — the bloodier, the better is the prevailing wisdom — he has the ambition, opportunity and, most importantly, the moral flexibility to excel.
We are already familiar with most of the characters, the exceptions being Stryker, a «teleporter» mutant named «
Nightcrawler» (Alan Cumming)--
who is also a practicing Catholic, and a few additional «Junior X-Men.»
«
Nightcrawler» Synopsis: A drifter looking for work stumbles into the world of freelance crime photography, becoming a «nightcrawler,» who races to the scenes of accidents or murders in order to sell footage to local
Nightcrawler» Synopsis: A drifter looking for work stumbles into the world of freelance crime photography, becoming a «
nightcrawler,» who races to the scenes of accidents or murders in order to sell footage to local
nightcrawler,»
who races to the scenes of accidents or murders in order to sell footage to local TV stations.
Among the newcomers include
Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming, Nicholas Nickleby, Spy Kids 2), a blue, Catholic, teleport
who looks like a demon, Bobby Drake (Shawn Ashmore, The Big House, X-Men),
who can freeze things, and Pyro (Aaron Stanford, Tadpole, The 25th Hour),
who can control fire.
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Demolition, his newest film, brings a more deconstructed approach, aided by the enigmatic Jake Gyllenhaal,
who has been on quite the successful run himself, most notably his transcendental performance in
Nightcrawler.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film features yet another nonpareil outing by Jake Gyllenhaal
who deserved Academy Award nominations for both
Nightcrawler (2014) and Prisoners (2013).
«
Nightcrawler» auteur Dan Gilroy wrote this densely plotted legal drama for Washington,
who creates a memorably colorful lawyer out of sync with his time.
Wolverine was the easy favorite to pick, and while it was very fun to play as Gambit and
Nightcrawler (
who's teleport power was terrifically done), their main drawback was that they weren't Wolverine.
(TNS)-- Jake Gyllenhaal,
who stars in the recently released thriller «
Nightcrawler,» has parted with his gated compound in Hollywood Hills for $ 3,262,500.