Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Damn Yankees Film
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Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a New Line Cinema film adaptation of the musical, Damn Yankees, according to Variety.
The original musical features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and is based on Wallop’s novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. It tells the story of Joe Boyd, the ultimate baseball fan, who sells his soul to the Devil for the chance to help his team, the Washington Senators, win the pennant race against the Yankees.
The trade publication reports that the script is being rewritten by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, to give it a more “contemporary feel.” Carrey will play the devil, with Gyllenhaal as Boyd. This will be the first musical for both actors.
