Jake Gyllenhaal, fresh off critical acclaim for his work in boxing drama Southpaw, is eyeing the lead role in Lionsgate’s Boston Marathon bombing film Stronger. Stronger is based on Jeff Bauman, a survivor who lost both his legs in the attack and has been gaining traction among the trio or so Boston Marathon Bombing movie projects that are spread around town. Two weeks ago, THR broke the news that David Gordon Green was in negotiations to direct the project. Bauman was waiting for his girlfriend at the finish line of the annual marathon when two pressure cooker bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. He chronicled his experience being a key witness in the trial of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his attempts at rehab in a book titled Stronger, co-written by Bret Witter.
