There has been talk of it for years , with rumours that Jake Gyllenhaal was going to play a lead role .
That Jake Gyllenhaal 's step - brother Peter Sarsgaard ( An Education , Garden State ) would be in the directors chair .
There has been talk of it for years , with rumours that Jake Gyllenhaal was going to play a lead role , and that his step - brother Peter Sarsgaard ( An Education , Garden State ) would be in the directors chair .