Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in New Movie Being Filmed in RI

Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in New Movie Being Filmed in RI

There is some new movie magic coming to the Ocean State - with some big names. 

Academy Award-nominated writer and director M. Night Shyamalan and best-selling author Nicholas Sparks are teaming up on a supernatural romantic thriller that will be filmed this summer in the state.

And the lead is Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhall. 

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According to the film office, the movie is a collaboration between Sparks and Shyamalan, with Sparks writing a book and Shyamalan writing a screenplay independently, based on the same original love story.

“It is a dream come true to have one of my favorite filmmakers making an original movie here in our beloved Ocean State. Night is a visionary who always attracts top-notch talent in front of and behind the camera. Rhode Island is a special location steeped in history, beauty and great mystery," said Steven Feinberg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Film & TV Office.

"With all of these amazing ingredients in the hands of a master filmmaker, we can expect M. Night Shyamalan and his outstanding team to tantalize our senses and make a movie we can all be proud of," he added. 

 

More About Film and Players

According to the film office, the Blinding Edge Pictures film will star Gyllenhaal, who is known for roles in Donnie Darko, Road House, Presumed Innocent, and more. 

Shyamalan’s most recent feature “Trap" a psychological thriller starring Josh Hartnett was released in August of 2024.

His other films include “The Sixth Sense” which was nominated for 6 Oscars in 2000, “Signs” with Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, and the “Eastrail 177 Trilogy” with the films “Unbreakable”, “Split” and “Glass," starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy. 

Shyamalan will produce the film with Blinding Edge Pictures president and producing partner Ashwin Rajan, Sparks’ longtime producer Theresa Park, and Marc Bienstock.

New York Times best-selling novelist Sparks has published 23 novels and two works of nonfiction.

A total of 11 of those novels have been adapted as films, most notably 2004’s hit “The Notebook” starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.

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