Jake's Back, and Reese Has Got Him

The gay community's cards, letters, and candlelight vigils have paid off - Jake Gyllenhaal has finally committed to making a new movie.

Gyllenhaal's signing to star in Rendition marks his first deal since earning an Academy Award nomination for his performance as heartsick gay rodeo cowboy Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain.

Gyllenhaal will pair up with another gay fave, Reese Witherspoon, in this new thriller, about a Cairo-based CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal) who begins to question his life after watching the Egyptian secret police interrogate a suspect.

Witherspoon plays the agent's pregnant wife in director Gavin Hood's follow-up to his Oscar-winning Tsotsi.

Shooting gets rolling in November and will take place in such varied locales as L.A., Washington D.C., Morocco, and South Africa.