Broadway alum and Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to star as Tony-winning music legend Leonard Bernstein in the new bio-flick The American, according to Deadline. Gyllenhaal will serve as co-producer on the movie based on Humphrey Burton's biography Leonard Bernstein. The film will be directed by Emmy winner Cary Fukunaga (True Detective). "Like many people, Leonard Bernstein found his…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM on May 2, 2018