Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote Italian author Elena Ferrante a letter — and then the actor wound up deciding to direct her first feature film. Deadline reports that Gyllenhaal will write, produce and ...

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her feature film directing debut with “The Lost Daughter,” based on the novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante. Gyllenhaal says she exchanged emails with the ...

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL: It’s funny ... it’s one thing to read these incredible Ferrante books, alone in my room; it’s still in a cone of silence. She’s telling the truth, and you’re ...

NEW YORK — One of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s favorite books is “Anna Karenina.” So when she was asked to read the classic novel out loud for an audiobook, she didn’t hesitate. “I thought ...

Thank Maggie Gyllenhaal for making "The Lost Daughter ... Still, in choosing to adapt Italian author Elena Ferrante's 2006 novel, "The Lost Daughter," Gyllenhaal has taken on a beast of a ...

who are the daughters of his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband, Peter Sarsgaard, who are fellow actors. Now, his nieces are inspiring his latest act as the author of a new children’s book ...

Philbrick, the author of several histories ... Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal, 35:40, Audible Studios It’s only a little cynical to say that celebrity narration ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal's Daughter Ramona ... “But they were so excited that there was a book and really moved. And also my sister was too, which really meant a lot to me. I sent her drafts to ...

The author’s response was unlike anything she’s ever told ... and legacy studios’ futures are up in the air. Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about finding her power as a director, which is how she wound up ...

The actor recently penned his first children’s book, The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles (on sale Sept. 5), inspired by the close relationship he shares with sister Maggie Gyllenhaal and ...