Antoine Fuqua & Jake Gyllenhaal To Reteam On Remake Of Danish Thriller ‘The Guilty’

Deadline is reporting that Antoine Fuqua will direct Jake Gyllenhaal in The Guilty, a thriller that is based on the Gustav Moller-directed Danish drama Den Skyldige that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Gyllenhaal and Fuqua first teamed on the 2015 boxing drama, Southpaw.

It takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch call center. Call operator Joe Bayler (Gyllenhaal) tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, and facing the truth is the only way out.

Bold Films is financing the drama with Amet Entertainment. Scripted by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto, the film will be produced by Gyllenhaal and his Nine Stories partner Riva Marker, along with Fuqua through his Fuqua Films, Scott Greenberg, Michel Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, David Litvak and Svetlana Metkina for Bold Films and Amet’s David Haring. Annie Marter, Gustav Moller and Lina Flint will be exec producers with Christian Mercuri and Jon Oakes.

The Guilty will shoot in November in a single location in Los Angeles, following rigorous sanitation and safety protocols. The production has secured COVID-19 insurance.