JAKE GYLLENHAAL & MÉLANIE LAURENT IN TORONTO FOR "AN ENEMY"

Jake Gyllenhaal & Mélanie Laurent in Toronto - May 2012

Exciting day in Toronto as filming for Denis Villeneuve's An Enemy took to the streets, giving some female Onlookers quite the shock when they saw Jake Gyllenhaal emerge out of a TTC Streetcar! The talented Star of Zodiac and Brokeback Mountain has made many a visit to the City in the past, his last being a Press Tour for Disney's Prince of Persia back in May 2010.  Seeing him film here however, is a rarity.

Gyllenhaal carries the weight of two roles in the Thriller, playing a History Teacher who spots his Doppelgänger on a DVD Rental and makes it a mission to locate him, flipping their lives upside-down. Also on-set today was French Actress Mélanie Laurent, whose profile was heightened significantly domestically with 2009 Quentin Tarantino Flick, Inglourious Basterds. 

Today's filming saw Gyllenhaal and Laurent on a Streetcar, him then following her to her Office in hot pursuit.  The Film Crew took several precautions to protect their Talent and Gyllenhaal was veiled by not one, but two umbrellas.  Fans watched across-the-street in awe as he ran through multiple takes, snapping Photos with their Cell Phones and Cameras.

SARAH GADON, MÉLANIE LAURENT & ISABELLA ROSSELLINI ADDED TO CAST OF "AN ENEMY"

Sarah Gadon & Robert Pattinson in Toronto - May 2012

As if her "Next It Girl" status needed any additional confirmation, Toronto's Sarah Gadon has just been cast in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Thriller, An Enemy. Starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Gadon will be filming in her Hometown beginning later this month, just one year after working on David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis here opposite Robert Pattinson.

In addition to Gadon, Inglourious Basterds Star Mélanie Laurent and the legendary Isabella Rossellini also have been added to the Cast as confirmed by Deadline.  Alliance Films will be distributing in Canada.

An Enemy has Gyllenhaal starring as a Man who rents a Movie, to see his Doppellgänger. After going on a mission to find him, both their lives are flipped upside-down. The Actor was just seen partying with Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Parents in New York City last night at The Top of the Standard.

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DENIS VILLENEUVE BEGINS PRE-PRODUCTION ON "AN ENEMY" STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL

Denis Villeneuve & Mr. Will-W.

Although it doesn't begin filming in Toronto until late May, Director Denis Villeneuve is in Toronto beginning Pre-Production on his upcoming Thriller An Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Villeneuve was spotted walk along King Street earlier today with a Friend, presumably heading to Dinner. The three-time Genie Award Winner, represented us well at the Oscars in 2010 with his acclaimed Feature, Incendies in the Best Foreign Picture Category.

An Enemy will have Gyllenhaal starring as a Man who sees his own Double on a Rental DVD, going on a search to find him, only to turn both their lives upside-down. The Film, which is set to wrap mid-July, is just one of many exciting Projects slated for Toronto over the next few months! 

 Click here to read more about what's coming to our City!

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TORONTO WELCOMES 4 "QUEENS" & A KING THIS SPRING/SUMMER

L to R: Lindsay Lohan, Abigail Breslin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins & Chloë Grace Moretz

Four "Teen Queens" and a King of Cinema will be in Toronto this Spring/Summer as we play host to several major Stars confirmed to film in our City! Which are you most excited about?

Lily Collins as confirmed by Deadline in March, will be taking on the Lead Role of Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments.  The Film centers on her mission to find her kidnapped Mother, while discovering she is from a long line of Shadowhunters who protect the World from Demons. Harold Zwart, Helmer of Box Office hit The Karate Kid (2010) has taken over from Scott Stewart who right now is busy in the City prepping the SyFy Network's Defiance.  This is the first Adaptation in Series of six Novels by Cassandra Clare and is set to begin production this August.

The brilliant Abigail Breslin (whom we interviewed back in December) will be teaming-up with Splice Director Vincenzo Natali playing a Girl who along with her Family was murdered in their home in 1986, surfacing to warn her modern day counterpart.  She took to Twitter first expressing her excitement about the Venture, Tweeting on April 3, 2012: "SOO excited to start filming #Haunter and work with the director Vincenzo Natali!". Haunter begins filming mid-April.

As announced previously also Chloë Grace Moretz and former Teen Queen Lindsay Lohan are Toronto-bound too, with the former beginning work on a Carrie Remake and the latter beginning work on a Lifetime Television Movie about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, known tentatively as Liz & Dick.  As a bit of Trivia, Mirvish Productions presented Private Lives last Fall starring Kim Cattrall in role once played famously by Taylor and Paul Gross also in a role filled prior by Burton.  Burton also proposed to Taylor at the King Edward Hotel in the City back in January 1964 - wonder if they will be authentic and film that scene at the same Venue?

And as if that weren't exciting enough, the Ontario Media Development Corporation confirmed Friday that Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) will be filming An Enemy here in Toronto late May. Heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal whom we met back in May 2010, will be playing a Dual Role in the Thriller based on the Novel, The Double by José Saramago.  Gyllenhaal's Character rents a DVD to find his exact Double in the Film, going out on a search to find him which turns both of their lives upside-down.  IndieWire was among the first broke the Story back in March that Gyllenhaal was being considered for the Lead Role.   

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"BARNEY'S VERSION" RECEIVES 11 GENIE NOMINATIONS

Rosamund Pike at TIFF 2010

Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Barney's Version, which received an astonishing eleven nominations at this year's Genie Awards.  The Comedy/Drama received nods in the categories of Best Lead Actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Lead Actress (Rosamund Pike), Best Supporting Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and Best Supporting Actress (Minnie Driver).  Director Richard J. Lewis is also up for Best Director.

Following closely behind Barney's Version is Denis Villeneuve's Incendies with a total ten nominations.  It is considered the closest threat to Barney's Version in the coveted Best Picture category. The Film is Canada's entry at the Oscars for Best Foreign Picture.

The Ceremony which will be held in Ottawa on March 10, 2011 at the National Arts Centre, honours the best in Canadian Film and will be broadcast on CBC. 

For more on The Genies, click here.

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