Gyllenhaal Set For Boston Bomber Movie?

Jake Gyllenhaal looks set to have a streak of interesting manly movies of late.  Following Southpaw will be his man vs. wilderness tale Everest.  Thena possible role in Stronger, a movie covering the Boston bombing, where extremist pissants attacked U.S. citizens.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gyllenhaal would play Jeff Bauman, “a survivor who lost both his legs in the attack. Bauman was waiting for his girlfriend at the finish line of the annual marathon when two pressure cooker bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. He chronicled his experience being a key witness in the trial of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his attempts at rehab in a book titled Stronger, co-written by Bret Witter.”

There are two other movies covering this subject that are seeking the green light although this  version involving Gyllenhaal appears to be gaining most traction.  David Gordon Green would direct the film, with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films/TV producing along with Scott Silver. John Pollono wrote the script.