Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Spiderman's Far From Home Daily Update - For Jake Gyllenhaal Fans Only


Well, you know what they say about Kansas weather.


Well, the same can be said for something as simple as Jake Gyllenhaal being confirmed for a movie role or not.

This story really started just barely over a year ago.  Endeavor (formerly WME)-represented actor Tom Holland set the table for the future by being quoted in The Hollywood Reporter:

• "I really am having the time of my life.  But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do." - Endeavor represented actor Tom Holland in THR - June 05, 2017

• May 21, 2018 - the first twitter releases state that Jake is to star as the villain in the next Spiderman film. This was one of the very first accounts to release the news, a twitter account based out of Ghana. 



Regardless, the rumor went wild and similar tweets would dominate Jake's twitter search until this day.

• On May 21, The Hollywood Reporter made a conflictingly stated tweet:

The Hollywood Reporter's tweet stated that Jake was "getting ready to suit up", yet when you opened up the accompanying story, you were greeted with the words "is in talks to play".  Not exactly the same thing, THR.

 • With the announced/semi-confirmed rumor barely breathing oxygen on the internet, there was definite haziness and unclarity.

• "confirmed to be in talks"

• Finally, on June 24, Tom Holland "leaks" the name of the upcoming Spidey sequel.  "Far From Home".   Word comes that The Hollywood Reporter has "confirmed" that Jake is "confirmed" for the role of Mysterio, albeit via other twitter accounts and not from THR themselves.  

So, if you look within the article, embedded in one of the small print paragraphs (the fifth paragraph to be exact) are the casual words "Spiderman: Far From Home also stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the classic Spider-man villain Mysterio".  

 Interestingly enough, THR never tweeted this official confirmation that Jake was a "go", even though they don't hesitate to be the official tweet of "in talks".

 • On the 24th at 15:35, exactly one minute after Narnia Dispatches released its post which contained a mention about Jake not being officially confirmed yet for the Mysterio role, this tweet was released:


 

Confirmed! This time, the official Twitter word comes from a lesser known site (wegotthiscovered.com) which references The Hollywood Reporter as the source of the confirmation. 

 • The next about-face comes 24 hours later, interestingly enough after there were a few comments made on Narnia about Jake and Austin having been staying across the pond since the spring and would be there in time for the beginning of Far From Home filming which is supposed to start after the 4th of July holiday, a SAG holiday.   Here's the Whoa Nellie.

A few highlights:

 *During a recent interview*...*Kevin Feige was asked about Jake Gyllenhaal being in the sequel*  

*Feige clarified that his casting has not yet been confirmed.*

And in a quick U-turn of wishy-washy-ness that makes Charlie Brown look like the king of commitment, the article paraphrases Feige's statement:

*Though, that doesn't mean he won't be in the movie, just that Marvel Studios hasn't confirmed it yet, or perhaps that Gyllenhaal hasn't signed on the dotted line.*


 *The movie is set to begin filming next month, so if they haven't already locked Jake Gyllenhaal down, they need to get that done or find someone else in a hurry*.

 Considering the movie is supposed to start filming early next month, that sounds like a decent plan.

 • Tuesday, 06 26 18's update?

According to Kevin Feige on the what, when, where on the film:  "Well, I mean, sure, let the speculation begin. That's always fun."  Translation:  We're going to keep you hanging even though we know everything, including whether or not Jake is "set".

 • Wednesday, 06 27 18 -  Jake is still "in talks" to play Mysterio.  But hey, Sony has confirmed that the title of the film is to be Spiderman: Far From Home .  

 • Thursday, 06 28 18 - No Change.

 • Friday, 06 29 18 -No Change.
  

• Sunday, 07 01 18 -No change.  Just waiting.

 via GIPHY

 • Monday, 07 02 18 - Apparently, filming has started but still no official word of confirmation on Jake's contractual status.

• Tuesday, 07 03 18 - lots of confirmation assumptions, but no
                                  actual confirmation

 • Wednesday, 07 04 18 - SAG Holiday......

 • Thursday, 07 05 18 - no change!

 • Friday, 07 06 18 - Feige can confirm Benedict will not be in Far From Home.
 
 • Saturday, 07 07 18 - Pfft! No change

• Sunday, 07 08 18 - Did you really expect any news today? In an article dated 07 07 18 entitled "SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - Here's Everything We Know About the Spidey Sequel So Far" , we are reminded that Jake is as deep in the closet as he ever was and he has plenty of enablers.

We're still not 100% sure that Jake Gyllenhaal will play the character (it's probably a done deal, but Feige is playing coy), but we do know that Mysterio will be the main antagonist of Far From Home. - comicbookmovie.com


• Monday, 07 09 18 - There are more tweets which speak in such an affirmative tone and yet there's still....."rumored"  #eyeroll   [Narnia may have to extend this post into a Part 2.]



• Tuesday, 07 10 18 -Well, I guess Jake didn't like being nicknamed "Richard Simmons".  LOL!  He appeared on Instagram in a picture with legendary composer, Burt Bacharach, taken at the River Cafe in London.  Baby steps, I reckon!

• Thursday, 07 12 18 - It seems to be "official" now. Jake is in London. Still no confirmation of his status as Mysterio. But here he is dining al fresco in a picture which seems to be mysteriously sourced by a "fan" account, the jakebullshittingovereverybody.  For once, the watermark seems to be true. And somehow, the author seems to know that is a member of Jake's "team", even from behind! And #iphonephotography?  How do they know all of this this?  Welllllll....it's been obvious for quite awhile. We have no idea who took this photo. 
A post shared by Jake Gyllenhaal Fan Acct (@jakeovereverything) on

• Friday, 07 13 18 - no change.

• Tuesday, 07 17 18 - no. change.  confirmation proves elusive.

•  Friday, 07 20 18 - Well, still no confirmation, no sightings, but we DO have a "new" distraction, I mean non-story about Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt being offered the lead roles in Brokeback before Jake and Heath.  #eyeroll

• Tuesday, 07 24 18 - In the interest of conserving space on the post, Narnia is updating every few days. At this rate, we could be revealing an official "confirmation" from the red carpet at the premiere of Far From Home!  But in the meantime, here's Tom Holland shouting out again to Jake and thus, perhaps another hint of proximity to Jake?  Who knows, lol...
• July 26, 2018 - While there still is not an "official" confirmation, we have this observant tweet which draws attention to a deleted Instagram post, which hash tags Jake and Mysterio.

9h9 hours ago
A en croire ce post Instagram (depuis supprimé) du comédien qui sera Dimitri dans , serait bien tandis que et devraient être de la partie !

Translated from French by
To believe this post Instagram (since deleted) of the comedian who will be Dimitri in , would be well while and should be of the game!
















Stay tuned. This post will be updated semi-daily until a yet to be determined date (we're wishy washy too in that way), maybe until we actually see Jake at our local drive-ins as Mysterio, with the fish bowl on his head. It just may take that long for a confirmed determination.  ;-)

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2 comments:

Methodical Muser said...


This is really getting entertaining. My favorite part was this interview from Tom Holland last year. Get the fertilizer out. It's planting time:

"I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do." - Endeavor represented actor Tom Holland in THR - June 05, 2017

Let's see. Holland had just turned 21 and I am sure that the first actor he thought to work with was Jake Gyllenhaal. So much so that he mentions him even before Leo and Meryl Streep. Two actors who have 27 Oscar nominations between them!!! That seems likely.

But, that's how the business works. Jake is definitely not an A-lister, but Patrick Whitesell (co-owner of Endeavor, along with Ari Emanuel)reps him so I'm sure Whitesell pulled a few strings to make it look like Jake is in the same league as DiCaprio and Streep. Give me a break. Maybe we will have to wait for a source from Iceland to confirm Holland and Gyllenhaal's first meeting on set.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 11:03:00 PM CDT
destiny said...

Great detective work on this one. It's amazing how an untrustworthy source can be taken and run with by so many other news organizations. The only question is whether the original source made it up to get traffic, or if Jake's people did it.

Monday, July 2, 2018 at 8:09:00 AM CDT

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