Amazon MGM Studios has closed a three-year first-look movie take care of Jake Gyllenhaal’s 9 Tales following the rousing success of his film Highway Home on Prime Video, which was probably the most watched authentic film for the studio ever with 50 million world viewers within the pic’s first two weeks.
Beneath the actor’s new deal, Amazon MGM could have a primary look on narrative options 9 Tales intends to supply for each theatrical and streaming.
Previous to the Doug Liman-directed Highway Home, Gyllenhaal made the film Man Ritchie’s The Covenant with Amazon MGM. The pic was launched final yr in theaters.
Oscar- and Tony-nominated Gyllenhaal based 9 Tales in 2015 with Riva Marker, a totally capitalized manufacturing firm devoted to working with visionary storytellers in all fields. Most lately, 9 Tales produced Antoine Fuqua’s The Responsible, starring Gyllenhaal, which was Netflix’s No. 1 movie for greater than three weeks. 9 Tales additionally produced Wildlife, Paul Dano’s directorial debut starring Carey Mulligan; David Gordon Inexperienced’s characteristic movie Stronger, starring Gyllenhaal as Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman; Antonio Campos’ The Satan all of the Time for Netflix; Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced’s Joe Bell; Tate Taylor’s Breaking Information in Yuba County; and government produced Hondros, a documentary on battle photographer Chris Hondros that gained the Viewers Award on the Tribeca Movie Competition.
For the stage, 9 Tales produced We’re Solely Alive for a Brief Quantity of Time by playwright David Cale. Via 9 Tales, Gyllenhaal served as a producer on Sea Wall/A Life and Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play, which acquired a complete of 12 Tony nominations; each productions acquired Tony nominations for Finest Play in the identical yr. Marker moved to Linden Leisure in 2022.
“Jake is a one-of-a-kind expertise whose ardour and eye for filmmaking makes him a strong storyteller each in entrance of the digicam and behind the scenes,” stated Julie Rapaport, head of movie manufacturing and growth at Amazon MGM Studios. “Following the record-breaking success of Highway Home, we couldn’t think about a greater time to formally cement our relationship. Jake has been an unbelievable accomplice, and we stay up for collaborating with him and the 9 Tales group to create needle-moving and compelling movies from visionary filmmakers.”
Mentioned Gyllenhaal: “I’ve labored with Amazon MGM on two movies this previous yr, and so they’ve been a beautiful accomplice each occasions. Their dedication to filmmaking is contagious, and I so admire their dedication to followers all around the world. I’m thrilled to formalize what’s an already fruitful collaboration—particularly on the heels of Highway Home‘s excellent debut.”
