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Jim Carrey And Jake Gyllenhaal To Play Ball, Dance and Sing!
Filed under: Jake Gyllenhaal > Broadway Babies > Jim Carrey
So guess what? Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal will be starring in a big screen adaptation of the classic musicals Damn Yankees.
Now, before you fret, know that the film is in the hands of power-producing team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who have successfully brought to both big and small screens Hairspray, A Raisin in the Sun, and the Oscar winning Chicago.
Considering their resume, we think we can trust them to, as they said, strike "a balance that retains the show's classic tunes like "(You Gotta Have) Heart" and "Whatever Lola Wants," while injecting a contemporary feel on a musical that is firmly rooted in the 1950s. The intention is to get a script from Ganz and Mandel before meeting directors, and actresses who'll want to play Lola."
For now, they've got Carrey down as the devil to whom Gyllenhaal as Boyd/Joe Hardy sells his soul to for the victory of his baseball team.
P.S. Can Jake even sing?????
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i heart jake
I think it's good casting. I can see both Gyllenhal and Carrey in those roles..
he's so swoonable in Donnie Darko too!
okay……next…….
yay! hahaaha
Will jake strip naked - PWEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. who cares if jake can sing - HE IS HOTTTTTTTTTT. A HOT TOTTIE!!!!!! wotever that means -
Hey Perez can you please have an obsession with Jake so we see him doing everything like Britney or Lilly Spazz Allen!?
and Jim, just cause you rock doesn't mean you're made of stone..
Great casting! If Jakeypoo can sing…hey maybe Reese will play Lola or Anne Hathaway!
Another remake? It was different with Hairspray, since the original film was not a musical, but they've already done a film adaptation of "Damn Yankees". Why can't they be original?
In answer to your question, Perez, "Can he even sing??" He doesn't have to.
All he's gotta do is show up and look like Jake.
He sang his heart out, in drag no less, in the opening monologue on SNL in 2007. It was an hommage to Dreamgirls and he rocked!
Can Jake sing…are you kidding Perez? Check out his opening monologue when he hosted SNL and did his "J Hud" singing "And I am telling you"!!! Ab fab…what a voice!!!
HIRE ANNE HATHEWAY!!! She can sing (as seen at the oscars)!!!
They should get Christina Applegate to play LOLA… She was AMAZING in Sweet Charity on Bway.
Perez, stop playing stupid and delete Jake beard's initial.
Jake can sing. I spent a summer in Europe with him. He brought his acoustic guitar with him!
Another vote for Christina Applegate!
YES MY MAN JAKE CAN SING!!!! He was up for Ewan's part in Moulin Rouge but Baz thought he looked too young for the part!!!! I am so excited, Ill watch anything he is in
YES JAKE CAN SING!!!!!! He was up for Ewan's part in Moulin Rouge but Baz thought he looked too young!!! Yay I am so excited, I will watch ANYTHING my man is in!!
Jake can def sing. have you seen him on SNL??
Jake either can sing or can pretend to sing and let somebody else do it for him. No sweat and no worry.
Jake used to claim that he wanted only to do "serious" movies with important messages in them. He has sure changed his tune. Prince of Persia and now this. Jakey has sold out. Money rules his career. Maybe he has to support his bankrupt parents. Who knows why.
Yes he can sing, better than your gargler.
this is already a movie (and a glorious one at that)…wtf? why can't hollywood come up with any new ideas anymore….so trag
IF IT'S NOT BROKE DON'T FIX IT! THE ORGINAL IS CLASSIC! NO LOLA WILL EVER BE BETTER THAN GWEN VERDON! SHE WAS A GEM!
Jake singing??? Yummmmm… Jim Carey??? not nice, he pushes too hard to be funny…
He can totally sing! Have you heard him on SNL?
apprently he took singing lessons or something cuz he wanted to be in moulin rouge (IMDB)
note: richard gere could not sing or dance, nor could rene z in Chicago.. BUT they did an excellent job at editing and dumbing it down to make them look great..so yeah, I think they can make it work.