YOU MAY REMEMBER #Amicusfilms production of the Jekyll and Hyde story with both #PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee back in 1971, as 'I, Monster' and of course the very entertaining angle of #Hammerfilm 'Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde' with #RalphBates and #MartineBestwick ... ? Well, just after a few weeks after Hammer films announcing another 'rebranding and launching' they are in also in production of another angle of the #JekyllandHyde story, which had my interest as soon as I saw the headline in Variety yesterday...
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THE NEWLY RE-ESTABLISHED Hammer Studios has acquired U.K. rights for B Good Picture Company’s “Doctor Jekyll.” In
Nov. 2021, the U.K.’s Network Distributing sealed a deal with iconic
British horror label Hammer Films to form Hammer Studios Ltd. “Doctor
Jekyll,” directed by Joe Stephenson and currently shooting in the U.K.,
will be the first film to be released by the newly formed studio.
IN THIS FILM, a modern interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s iconic
1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Eddie
Izzard plays Dr. Nina Jekyll, a recluse who finds friendship with her
newly hired help, Rob, played by emerging actor Scott Chambers
(“Chicken”) and they must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying
her life. The screenplay is by first time writer Dan Kelly-Mulhern. Hammer
Studios managing director, Tim Beddows, said: “We’re thrilled to be
partnering with Joe and his superlative cast and crew on ‘Doctor
Jekyll.’ There can be few subjects more apt to launch Hammer Studios and
the production has everything you’d expect of a modern Hammer film.”
STEPHENSON added: “It’s an honor to partner this way with the new Hammer Studios,
in doing so Doctor Jekyll becomes both part of a legendary legacy and
the start of an exciting future for U.K. genre film making.”
ABOVE: HAMMER FILMS NEWS BREAKS! THE PCASuk report on the partnership with #NETWORKFILMS at the PCASuk Facebook Fan Page HERE!
THE FILM IS produced in association with Fluidity Films (“Journey’s
End”). Stephenson produces with Guy de Beaujeu (“The Laureate”) with
Liam Coutts (“The Good Drug”) associate producing. Christian Angermayer
(“Army of Thieves”) serves as executive producer.
Metro International Entertainment is handling global sales.
Hammer Studios manages and controls a vast library of content including
“The Woman in Black” (2012), “Let Me In” (2010), “Dracula” (1958), “The
Abominable Snowman” (1957) and “The Quatermass Experiment” (1953). It is
investing substantially both in restoration and new production
development from both its owned and newly created IP.
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