Gyllenhaal joining a movie from Shyamalan and the author of The Notebook is one of the most surprising stories of the day.

Jake Gyllenhaal will lead M. Night Shyamalan's next feature, which adapts an original story by Nicholas Sparks.

Based on a true story, Brave the Dark stars British Academy Television award-winning actor Jared Harris ( Chernobyl) as Stan Deen, a high school English teacher who takes an interest in the reclusive ...