Jake Gyllenhaal has signed a deal to produce and star in Oblivion Song, the film adaptation of the same name graphic novel by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici.
Gyllenhaal’s production company Nine Stories will produce the film with Riva Marker and Kirkman through his Skybound Entertainment. At Skybound Entertainment, David Alpert, Bryan Furst and Sean Furst will also serve as producers.
Gyllenhaal made his comic book movie debut in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where he played Quentin Beck and he again returns in villainous role in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the actor has already lined up another comic book movie.
Oblivion Song is a supernatural science fiction story that chronicles Nathan Cole, a man who makes daily trips to try and rescue those still living in the apocalyptic hellscape of Oblivion, a part of Philadelphia lost a decade ago along with 300,000 of its citizens. The first issue of the monthly comic was published in March 2018 by Image Comics.
In an official statement Kirkman said, “We couldn’t be more excited to find such great partners in New Republic and Nine Stories. Both companies have a tremendous reputation for premium storytelling at the highest level, and we can’t wait to see Jake bring this character to life on the big screen,we are so fortunate to have assembled a team that is as passionate about this comic as we are.”
Marker said, ”When faced with a cataclysmic event that permanently alters our lives, what would we choose to save? Just as what Kirkman did with The Walking Dead and Invincible, in Oblivion Song he’s created the potential for a franchise that is profoundly entertaining, and the perfect opportunity to explore big questions we’re reckoning with globally.”
Gyllenhaal will be starring in Michael Bay’s action thriller Ambulance for Universal, and in Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty for Netflix.