Jake Gyllenhaal to star in film adaptation of ‘Oblivion Song’ graphic novel

Gyllenhaal will next star in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix film ‘The Guilty’, scheduled to have its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in September

Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in and produce “Oblivion Song”, a big-screen adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s graphic novel of the same name. Released by Image Comics in 2018, “Oblivion Song” follows the story of Nathan Cole, a man who makes daily trips to try and rescue those still living in Oblivion, an apocalyptic hellscape in Philadelphia that was lost a decade prior, along with 300,000 of its citizens. According to Variety, Gyllenhaal will back the film via his Nine Stories banner along with Riva Marker and Kirkman, best known for co-creating “The Walking Dead” series, via his shingle Skybound Entertainment.