First Look at Eddie Izzard's DOCTOR JEKYLL From the Upcoming Modern Take on the Classic
A first look photo has been released from the upcoming film, Doctor Jekyll, a modern take of the classic tale, featuring actor/comedian Eddie Izzard as Dr. Nina Jekyll. The film is being directed by Joe Stephenson (Chicken, Agatha and the Midnight Murders) from a script by Dan Kelly-Mulhern.
“Doctor Jekyll follows the reclusive Nina Jekyll (Izzard) finding friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by emerging actor Scott Chambers (Chicken) who must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.”
Stephenson recently talked to Fangoria about the project, explaining:
"There've been over 100 cinematic adaptations of [Robert Louis] Stevenson's novella, but there has never been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There seem to be some assumptions that because Nina is a trans character, we are somehow going to make it about gender. That is not the case; the themes of our film are true to the original work."
He added:
"I feel like certain demographics need help seeing past people's gender identity. Nina Jekyll's trans-ness isn't everything she is, at all!"
The director pointed out that "the film's tone is a (hopefully) surprising mix of dark humor and suspense that spirals into horror. Even in its darkest moments we give a wink to films of a certain era, and flashes of camp within a dark twisted fairytale combine to make a tone I don't see much of anymore… and wish I did!"
Doctor Jekyll is set to come out sometime later this year, but we don’t have a release date quite yet. Check out the photo above, and let us know if you’re looking forward to checking this out.