Jake Gyllenhaal Reunites With PRISONERS and ENEMY Director For New Crime Thriller

Prisoners and Enemy were positioned right in the middle of Jake Gyllenhaal's recent career resurgence, so hearing news that he'll once again collaborate with the director of those films is good news for cinephiles. That director happens to be Denis Villeneuve, the man behind Sicario and the upcoming Blade Runner 2, and Deadline says the two will work together on a film adaptation of the popular crime novel The Son.

The Son follows the life of Sonny Lofthus, a once gifted 15-year-old and promising wrestler, whose downward spiral ensues when his cop father commits suicide. For the past twelve years, Sonny’s time in prison has been nurtured by an uninterrupted supply of heroin from a seedy chaplain on the inside. When Sonny learns long-hidden truths about his father’s unexpected death, he makes a brilliant escape and begins hunting down the people responsible for his wrongful sentence.

A prison break movie from Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve? I'm sold already. The Son hails from author Jo Nesbo, whose novel The Snowman has an adaptation on the way with Michael Fassbender in the lead role, so it looks like he's becoming a go-to guy for crime thrillers these days.