Indie darlings Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden are delving into the world of gambling for their next film. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and is in talks to star.

The multihyphenate duo, who directed Ryan Gosling to a best actor Oscar nomination forHalf Nelson, will helm Mississippi Grind from a screenplay they penned.

The story centers on a down-on-his-luck gambler facing crushing debt who teams up with a younger gambling addict (Gyllenhaal) in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what has been lost. The lead character would be a plum role for Hollywood's fortysomething set.

WME, which reps Fleck, Boden and Gyllenhaal, is packaging the project, which would fall in the less-than-$10 million budget range.

Gyllenhaal brought the screenplay to Electric City partners Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell, who are also producing alongside former WME agent and Paramount president John Lesher.

Since moving from the world of documentaries, Fleck and Boden have become lightening rods for talent. They most recently wrote and directed It's Kind of a Funny Story with Zach Galifianakis.

Gyllenhaal credits include Source Code, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Brokeback Mountain, for which he earned an Oscar nom. He next will be seen opposite Anna Kendrick and Michael Pena in David Ayer's crime drama End of Watch.

曾拍攝過多部熱門獨立影片的導(dǎo)演制片夫妻檔瑞安·弗雷克（Ryan Fleck）與安娜·波頓（Anna Boden）近日把他們的新電影與賭博聯(lián)系在了一起，好萊塢性感男星杰克·吉倫哈爾（Jake Gyllenhaal）成為該片主角的首要人選。

那部為瑞恩·高斯林（Ryan Gosling）帶來奧斯卡最佳男主角提名的影片——《半個尼爾森》（Half Nelson）就出自這對才華橫溢的夫妻之手，他們現(xiàn)在計劃把自己創(chuàng)作的劇本《密西西比游戲》（暫譯，Mississippi Grind）搬上大銀幕。

本片主要講述了一個時運不濟(jì)的老賭棍因為背負(fù)了巨額債務(wù)而不得不與另一個年輕的賭徒（杰克·吉倫哈爾飾）攜手合作，試圖使自己時來運轉(zhuǎn)。于是兩人便懷著把輸?shù)魱|西都贏回來的期望，一同踏上了前往南方的旅程。對于那些40來歲的好萊塢男星來說，片中的老賭棍這個角色是對他們演技的極大考驗。

本片的一切宣傳事宜都將由弗雷克，波頓與吉倫哈爾的經(jīng)紀(jì)公司W(wǎng)ME全權(quán)負(fù)責(zé)，為此，WME將投入1000萬美元左右的預(yù)算。

除了WME之外，電影《電力城》的制片人杰米·帕特里克夫(Jamie Patricof)與蕾奈特·豪威爾（Lynette Howell）以及派拉蒙影業(yè)集團(tuán)總裁約翰·萊舍爾（John Lesher）將共同負(fù)責(zé)制作與發(fā)行本片。

自停止拍攝紀(jì)錄長片后，弗雷克和波頓放緩了工作的腳步。他們創(chuàng)作并執(zhí)導(dǎo)的最新作品——由扎克·加利費安納基斯（Zach Galifianakis）主演的喜劇《說來有點可笑》（It's Kind of a Funny Story）已在兩年前上映。

杰克·吉倫哈爾的最新力作《警戒結(jié)束》（End of Watch）即將于9月登陸全美影院，他在片中攜手安娜·肯德里克（Anna Kendrick）與邁克爾·佩納（Michael Pena）上演了一出火爆的警匪大戲。 ?