Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Velvet Buzzsaw) will headline HBO’s Lake Success, a limited series based on Gary Shteyngart’s (Little Failure) critically-acclaimed book, Deadline has confirmed.
Gyllenhaal will also executive produce the show which hails from Gyllenhaal and Marker’s Nine Stories and Endeavor Content.
Lake Success is co-written by showrunners Stheyngart and Tom Spezialy (Watchmen, Chaos, Ash vs. Evil Dead).
The limited series will serve as Gyllenhaal’s TV acting debut.