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Groundhog Day: The Sci-Fi Thriller? / Dustin Rowles

Trade News | November 9, 2009 | Comments (61)

Before we get on to this bit of news, a short site note: Thanks in large part to the efforts of Cindy and her awesome programmer husband, who spent much of their weekend knee-deep in Pajiba’s source code, the commenting issue, finally, has been resolved. There are no more 60 - 90 second waits while the page reloads after a comment. It’s a much more manageable 3 - 5 second wait. Go ahead: Give it a shot. It’s a huge deal to frequent commenters of the site, I suspect, who have long been frustrated with the page hangs. So, big, huge motherfucking props to those two and to the Pajiba community, once again, for helping a brother out.

And now, the news:

Not too many folks saw Duncan Jones’ low-budget sci-fi Moon, which is a shame. Although I personally didn’t love it, I was nevertheless impressed with what Jones did with so little money, and it established him as one of the brightest up-and-coming directors in Hollywood (and yes: he’s the son of David Bowie).

He has a leg up on his next project already. Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to Source Code, which has a certain Groundhog Day quality about it. It’s about a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it. At one time, Topher Grace was attached, but the project has undergone several changes since 2007, and the Ben Ripley screenplay was recently revised by State of Play’s Billy Ray.

Josh Tyler over at Cinemablend got a look at the original screenplay (before Ray’s revisions) and describes it, in sum, as “a taut and fast paced little thriller which uses a two very simple settings to craft a tense and mysterious sci-fi story. But if you really want to distill it down to its most basic form, Source Code is Groundhog Day meets Deja vu.” It’s a sci-fi film, too, so it’s right in Jones’ wheelhouse. And if you’re going to rip off a movie conceit, you could do a lot worse than Groundhog Day, so long as it avoids getting bogged down in the repetitive nature of the conceit. I suspect that Duncan Jones won’t have a problem keeping it lively.


(Note: I specifically used the gayest picture of Jake Gyllenhaal I could find. How’d I do?)


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Comments

Thank you for the pic of Jake Gyllenhaal all wet.

No, it's not gay. It's not gay at all.

Posted by: Jerce at November 9, 2009 11:10 AM

So gay.

Posted by: chad at November 9, 2009 11:13 AM

Just checking the comment box. Now that it's fixed, were y'all aware that you could click the button and then click the Stop button in your browser like five seconds later and then refresh and see your comment? I was always wondering what the problem was. Thanks for fixing it.

Posted by: pissant at November 9, 2009 11:14 AM

I'm taking that picture to my bunk.
No wonder I always end up dating gay men.

Posted by: Squeeziee at November 9, 2009 11:21 AM

Well, if by "gayest" you mean "hottest", then you did a bang-up job!

I was just talking about Moon over the weekend with somebody, who informed me that that was Bowie's son. I had no idea. We both would like to see it, but it seems unlikely, as that would mean not only leaving our respective houses, but also traveling into the city, which- let's face it- is a lot of work.

Also, this sounds like it *could* be interesting.

Thanks Cindy! & Mr. Cindy!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 9, 2009 11:26 AM

Yay! to props for Duncan Jones and for the left-handed compliments for Moon, which looks to be finally receiving a DVD release date.

Super Yay! to Cindy and Mr Cindy.

Posted by: laredo at November 9, 2009 11:38 AM

I tried it, and it's nice.

However, I'm going to miss browsing other websites during the minute and a half it formerly took Pajiba to scour my PC for credit card numbers and passwords while loading my butthole puns.

Double Super Yay.

Posted by: laredo at November 9, 2009 11:41 AM

Nope, sorry. That is not the gayest picture of Jake. That honor belongs to this photograph right here.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 11:43 AM

Cindy and Mr. Cindy, would you please head over to IMDB and fix the horrid new filmography format?

Posted by: laredo at November 9, 2009 11:43 AM

That's Jake? I was wondering who it was!

Now to try the new improved commenting with the go-faster stripes....

Posted by: Tarn at November 9, 2009 11:43 AM

Hm. This one.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 11:44 AM

Pinky, is it just me or does your 'gayest Jake pic' link not work?

Posted by: Tarn at November 9, 2009 11:46 AM

Any picture of Jake Gyllenthaal is the gayest picture of Jake Gyllenthaal.

Yay for fast comments, Cindy & Mr. Cindy!

Posted by: MM at November 9, 2009 11:48 AM

Nope. It is not just you Tarn. Neither of them work. Horseshit! It worked when I previewed my comment! This is not cool! My gay Jake picture beats the meat of the picture Dustin used!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 11:48 AM

Ah. Perhaps a side-effect of the new supersonic comment loading?

Posted by: Tarn at November 9, 2009 11:50 AM

The superfast is a great improvement, by the way. Thanks Cindy and husband!

Posted by: Tarn at November 9, 2009 11:52 AM

i always assumed it was my computer that was the problem. thanks married couple. yeah-capital g Gay. interesting script idea tho.

Posted by: gem at November 9, 2009 11:53 AM

Gayer than gay. Makes me look like downright hetero.

Posted by: Smokin at November 9, 2009 11:59 AM

I think those "Persia" stills have the gayness beat...but as for civvies...yeah...that's not convincing me of his and Reese's relationship.

Posted by: Jay at November 9, 2009 12:07 PM

Add me to the people grateful to Mr. & Mrs. Cindy for speeding up the comments.

I don't know about it being the gayest picture of JG but it may be the picture that looks the least like him. I'm still having trouble with it. I mean, I know it's him, I can see it, but it doesn't look like him.

Just me?

Posted by: Eyvi at November 9, 2009 12:23 PM

Eyvi, you may be right... I just looked again and distinctly saw some Mark Paul Gosselar in there.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 9, 2009 12:26 PM

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 12:29 PM

GAHHHHHHHHHH! And now, nothing posted. Poop on this.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 12:30 PM

Fail. Epic Fail.
Way to go Pinky McLadybits. Here I was all waiting for the gay, super gay, picture and no...nope...no picture.
Fail.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at November 9, 2009 12:39 PM

Running an experiment:

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/08/after-before-couch-swallowing/

Also: not what I thik of when I hear 'couch swallowing'

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 12:50 PM

OK, so links still work. Carry on.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 12:51 PM

Also: JG looks like young like a young wet Lyle Lovett up there. Pass.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 12:52 PM

That is some funny shit, Pinky. It's almost as if Pajiba is rejecting your attempts at gaying up this post any further. Dustin "Man Crush King" Rowles posted a gay-as-waxed-balls picture of a possibly severely gay actor. The only way this could get any gayer is if Jeremy's dick whacks you in the face when you open this post.

Posted by: Kballs at November 9, 2009 12:54 PM

I'm all for gay pics of Jakie. Try again Pinkie

Posted by: Drake at November 9, 2009 1:02 PM

Oooh, AvB, you may be on to something. I'm also getting a Chris Isaak vibe, although it may just be the 'do.

Posted by: Eyvi at November 9, 2009 1:22 PM

I really enjoyed Moon, so I'll definitely keep an eye on this.

IMDB is on its own, laredo. We have bigger fish to fry.

Posted by: Cindy at November 9, 2009 1:44 PM

Pinky,

I too want to see the ggg-ggg-GAYEST picture of Jake G. ever. Try putting the URL in your "website" box (temporarily of course) and post a comment.

Posted by: MM at November 9, 2009 1:51 PM

Wait, what is wrong with waxed balls?

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 2:06 PM

Pretty gay! Well done, Dustin.

This was supposed to be ironic that you were talking about the source code in a new bit about Source Code, right?

Posted by: whatBENwatches at November 9, 2009 2:15 PM

Sorry, I was too busy trying to figure out who the he'll was in that picture to notice how damn gay it is. It looks nothing like Jake Gyllenhaal (damn, it took me four tries to spell that name right).

I still have not damn well seen Moon. Indie movie distributors are not aware of the existence of Northeast Florida, so I'm still waiting for it on DVD. I think it goes without saying that if Duncan Jones makes it, I'll watch it. Especially. Jake G. is in it.

Posted by: stardust (now with 100% less savant) at November 9, 2009 2:48 PM

Hahaha!!! Madd propz to Dustin for finding that pic.

Posted by: Jelinas at November 9, 2009 3:04 PM

And madder propz to Cindy & Mr. Cindy. Words cannot express my gratitude.

*chokes back a sob*

Posted by: Jelinas at November 9, 2009 3:10 PM

Commencing fail...with link hopefully in mah name!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 3:23 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3370401289_95e98465d5.jpg

Copy and paste. And then feel very, very sorry for me.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 3:25 PM

Or just, you know. Fuck this day. At least the gayer pic is now up!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 3:25 PM

To be fair, everybody looks gay in a riding helmet. Believe me, I should know.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 3:36 PM

It was more his hand that got me.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at November 9, 2009 3:52 PM

Yeap, that is certainly more gay. way way more gay

Posted by: EricD at November 9, 2009 4:03 PM

Sooooo gay. But then, so is the header picture. Which is gayer? I can't decide.

(flops hand with limp wrist)

Posted by: MM at November 9, 2009 4:27 PM

*raises hand*

I saw "Moon." How many of us were there?

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at November 9, 2009 5:14 PM

Good Lord they have him positioned poorly on that horse. Your wrists would flop about helplessly too if you seat was benched that badly in that ridiculous 'I wish I was a Knight' saddle.
Yikes.
Sorry, I notice shit like that, riding instructor and all.
1 hour bareback with me and I would TOTALLY have him broken in right.
Read into that whatever you like, it would still be true.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 5:15 PM

"I saw "Moon.""

Speaking of gay....

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 5:16 PM

Sorry Big Daddy, I got distracted and thought you meant 'New Moon'. I offer a Full Retraction of Accusation of Gayness.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 5:35 PM

Holy crap, Dustin. That header photo looks really faded. It's an old page from one of your YM magazines that you ripped out and have had hanging on your bedroom wall all these years, isn't it?

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at November 9, 2009 5:38 PM

Just a comment to try out the new system:

1) I'd rather think of this movie as the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Cause and Effect" meets Day Break.

2) Pinky just made my day.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 9, 2009 5:48 PM

Lwa'e' me luv, if I WERE gay, an hour bareback with you and I'd switch teams.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at November 9, 2009 6:07 PM

Thanks Big Daddy. If only it were true.

True Story:
First serious boyfriend back in HS, first love, first a lot of things (if you know what I mean) came out of the closet after we broke up. I was also a beard for a long time for my dear (gay) friend Brandon who died last summer (careful with those pain pills kiddies!). So, my gay-to-straight conversion record: 0-2.
Gee, maybe I have something to prove!

But I CAN teach you to sit on an effing horse so you don't look like a galloping fag.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 6:24 PM

L w/a 'e': A friend of mine from college can actually turn men gay. It's like a mutant superpower or something. Of every guy she's ever kissed (and it's a decent number), something like 2/3rds of them have since come out as gay or bi. If she even expresses interest in a guy, there's a better than average chance that he'll be dating guys within the year - not at the time she expresses interest, you understand, but almost immediately afterwards. I'm still amazed this hasn't given her more of a complex.

And my sympathies about your friend - it must be awful to lose someone that way, I'm really sorry.

Posted by: Shay at November 9, 2009 6:43 PM

Groundhog Day stories are awesome, Day Break was great, too bad there was a lot of suckyness in there too, but it was a really fun show to watch. There were great moments like when Taye Diggs decided to blow everything up and when he decided to just spend the repeating day fucking his girlfriend over and over again.

Posted by: zito at November 9, 2009 6:45 PM

Oh, and because I forgot to mention it: sweet Jesus, Gyllenhaal is lickable in that header pic! I mean...damn. Who cares how gay he looks?

Posted by: Shay at November 9, 2009 6:47 PM

Aww, Shay, thanks.
To be fair, I turned no one gay. It was just the natural result of hanging out in the theater arts department in HS. Even a gay teenage boy will take sex where he can get it. And he was soooo pretty.
And even back then, I taught him how to sit on a horse so he didn't look like a flaming fairy.

Brandon was a horse trainer too. He didn't need my help looking good on a horse. He apparently did need my help to not get lynched by the redneck horse crowd for being a 'queer'. So, we put on a good show to keep them guessing. Until he Heath Ledgered himself, that is. He was sooo pretty too.

What complexes I have aren't from gay boyfriends 20 years ago, thank Godtopus. Some are from entirely straight Ex-Husbands.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 7:00 PM

On a scale from STATHAM to Adam Lambert's Album Cover, that picture rates a Backstreet Boy video.

You figure it out.

Posted by: figgy at November 9, 2009 9:27 PM

Pinky,
ok, yeah, that pic is a tad Teh Gay. But on the other hand, I enjoy the way his shirt is clinging to him. Nice.

Posted by: Tarn at November 10, 2009 5:00 AM

Is it just me or does it look like Jake Gyllenhal is trying out his best Blue Steel impression...or has just sucked on a seriously sour lemon?

Posted by: ASterisk at November 10, 2009 7:47 AM

test

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at November 13, 2009 4:20 PM

This blog looks nice. are using ?

Posted by: fsuMovie at January 13, 2010 12:17 PM





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