Chris Evans will star as the original two-faced hero in feature film version of BBC’s Jekyll
“He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations,” Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and 130 years later the tale is still being reimagined. Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) will direct a feature film remake of Steven Moffat’s 2007 BBC One mini-series Jekyll.
The contemporary sequel adaption of the Jekyll and Hyde story will star Chris Evans (Avengers) as Tom Jackman, a descendant of the infamous Jekyll who is starting to conform to the family tradition, developing a split personality. The BBC One miniseries starred James Nesbitt (The Hobbit). Jackman turned is basement into a safe room where he lives with a psychiatric nurse who keeps an eye on him as he goes through the changes.
The screenplay for Jekyll is being written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry (The Nice Guys). Jekyll is being produced by Marc Platt, Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman.
Universal Studios is also in the process of building a multi-film universe based around the character of Dr. Jekyll which will star Russell Crowe.
SOURCE: DEADLINE