Jake Gyllenhaal to headline movie adaptation of ‘Oblivion Song’

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal is ready to star in and produce “Oblivion Song”, a big-screen adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s graphic novel of the identical identify.

Released by Image Comics in 2018, “Oblivion Song” follows the story of Nathan Cole, a person who makes each day journeys to try to rescue these nonetheless residing in Oblivion, an apocalyptic hellscape in Philadelphia that was misplaced a decade prior, together with 300,000 of its residents.

According to Variety, Gyllenhaal will again the movie through his Nine Stories banner together with Riva Marker and Kirkman, finest recognized for co-creating “The Walking Dead” sequence, through his shingle Skybound Entertainment.

Kirkman, whose credit additionally embody “Invincible” and Marvel Comics resembling “Ultimate X-Men”, mentioned he’s trying ahead to Gyllenhaal carry the story to life.

“We are so fortunate to have assembled a team that is as passionate about this comic as we are,” he added.

Marker, whose producing credit embody “Beasts of No Nation” and “Wildlife”, described “Oblivion Song” as a “mind-blowingly captivating series”.

“Just as Kirkman did with ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Invincible’, in ‘Oblivion Song’, he’s created the potential for a franchise that is profoundly entertaining, and the perfect opportunity to explore big questions we’re reckoning with globally,” she mentioned.

Veteran producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic Pictures, which has optioned the rights to the story, mentioned they’re elated to collaborate with Nine Stories and Skybound to assist carry Kirkman and De Felici’s visionary comedian to life.

“‘Oblivion Song’ is a rare combination of spectacle, originality, and masterful, multivolume storytelling, which is basically everything we love in the world,” they mentioned.

Gyllenhaal will subsequent star in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix movie “The Guilty”, scheduled to have its world premiere on the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in September, and Michael Bay’s “Ambulance” for Universal.