Los Angeles, Apr 6 (IANS): Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and act in "Welcome to Vienna", an adaptation of author Kevin Wignall's upcoming book "To Die in Vienna".
Focus Features has picked up film rights to the upcoming novel by Wignall, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Gyllenhaal will essay Freddie, a civilian surveillance contractor who interrupts a break-in at his apartment while he's spying on a Chinese academic in Vienna. The intruder escapes, but then comes back and tries to kill Freddie, making the American contractor a hunted man. Freddie's only hope for survival is that his pursuer doesn't know the past he's running away from.
Gyllenhaal is also set to appear alongside Rene Russo in an untitled Netflix horror-thriller to be directed by Dan Gilroy. The project will be based on big-money artistes and mega-collectors.
Wignall's novel "To Die in Vienna" will be published in June.