Jake Gyllenhaal will reteam with “Life” director Daniel Espinosa on an indie “The Anarchists vs ISIS,” an adaptation of a Rolling Stone story about American volunteers who fought alongside Kurdish militia members in Syria.
Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker’s Ninestories production shingle have joined with Bold Films to option Seth Harp’s Rolling Stone article, with Espinosa set to direct and produce under his newly formed BOZI banner.
Bold Films’ Chairman Michel Litvak will also produce and CEO Gary Michael Walters will executive produce. Gyllenhaal is expected to star.
The fact-based story will follow a group of American volunteers, socialists and outcasts who join forces with the Kurdish militia known as the YPG to fight ISIS in Syria and establish an anarchist collective amid the rubble of war.