MGM Nearing Deal For Hot Package ‘Combat Control’ With Jake Gyllenhaal Attached To Play Medal Of Honor Winner John Chapman; ‘Extraction’s Sam Hargrave Directing
EXCLUSIVE: Since the top of the year, no studio has been more aggressive in the marketplace then MGM and it looks like their close to landed another highly-coveted package. Sources tell Deadline, MGM is in talks to acquire Combat Control, which tells the true story of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, with Jake Gyllenhaal on board to play the late war hero. Sam Hargrave, who has become one of the hotter directors in town after his action pic Extraction broke Netflix records last April, will direct the pic and his long-time collaborator, Shelby Malone will Associate Produce. Gyllenhaal is Executive Producing.