\u00ab\u00a0Nightcrawler\u00a0\u00bb star will take on Denmark’s entry for this year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar<\/b>
\nJake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star in a remake of the Danish thriller \u201cThe Guilty,\u201d which the actor has acquired the rights to through his Nine Stories production banner along with Bold Films.
The original version, which won the world audience award at Sundance this year and is Denmark\u2019s entry for this year\u2019s Best Foreign Language Oscar, follows a cop with a dark past who has been suspended and relegated to a desk job. One night, he receives a call from a terrified woman, and he must conquer his inner demons to save her.
Gyllenhaal will also produce alongside Nine Stories co-founder Riva Marker, with Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Svetlana Metkina also producing for Bold Films, which is financing. The original film\u2019s co-writer\/director Gustav M\u00f6ller and producer Lina Flint will serve as executive producers.
\u201cWe saw THE GUILTY at Sundance and were blown away. M\u00f6ller\u2019s film masterfully weaves tension into an acute character study, and is exactly the kind of material that Nine Stories is excited to develop. We are honored to be able to adapt it for American audiences alongside
Bold Films,\u201d Gyllenhaal and Marker said in a statement.
Gyllenhaal will next be seen in the Dan Gilroy film \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw,\u201d which will premiere at Sundance and be released on Netflix next year. He will also star as the villain Mysterio in \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home\u201d next July.
Gyllenhaal and Nine Stories are represented by WME and Bloom Hergott. M\u00f6ller and Flint are represented by WME. The rights acquisition was first reported by Variety.<\/p>\n