Jake Goes Way, Way Back?

Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to take on the lead role in long gestating "The Way, Way Back" says Variety (via The Playlist).

The story follows a teenage boy who, over the course of an extraordinary summer, forms a friendship that gives him the strength to stand up to his bullying stepfather and reconnect with his mother.

The project began life years ago with a script by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash ("The Descendants") which landed on the desk of "Night at the Museum" director Shawn Levy. He was committed to direct the film, but then the Writers Guild of America webt out on strike.

Two years later Thomas Bezucha was attached to helm. That version didn't take off either.

 Now Faxon and Rahs are directing the project themselves, while Levy will produce. with Kevin Walsh