Jake Gyllenhaal Plays Music Icon Leonard Bernstein In Bron-Backed Cary Fukunaga-Helmed ‘The American:’ Cannes

Exclusive: In what shapes up as another very strong Cannes title for next week, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to produce and star as Leonard Bernstein in The American, with Cary Joji Fukunaga directing and producing.

Bron Studios will produce and finance a film that begins principal photography in the fall.

Sierra/Affinity will sell international territories and Endeavor Content is repping North American rights.

Michael Mitnick adapted the script from the Humphrey Burton…

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