A trailer has arrived on-line for the Hammer Movies launch Physician Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard because the title character
Director Joe Stephenson’s Physician Jekyll, “a contemporary interpretation” of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde that stars gender fluid comic/actor Eddie Izzard (The Misplaced Image) as Physician Nina Jekyll, is ready to succeed in cinemas within the UK on October 27th – and with that date just some weeks away, a trailer for the movie has arrived on-line. You possibly can test it out within the embed above.
Stephenson developed Physician Jekyll with first-time author Dan Kelly-Mulhern throughout the UK lockdown. The story they crafted follows the reclusive Nina Jekyll discovering friendship together with her newly employed assist, Rob. They need to work collectively to forestall Hyde from destroying her life.
Rob is performed by Scott Chambers, who labored with Stephenson on the movie Hen. Additionally within the forged are Tony Jayawardena (The Crown), Robyn Cara (Ackley Bridge), the appropriately named Jonathan Hyde (Titanic), and BAFTA nominees Lindsay Duncan (Birdman) and Simon Callow (4 Weddings and a Funeral).
The legendary British horror label Hammer Movies has teamed up with the UK’s Community Distributing to type a brand new firm referred to as Hammer Studios Ltd., which can “make investments considerably each in restoration and new manufacturing improvement from each its owned and newly created IP”. This new iteration of Hammer acquired the UK rights to Physician Jekyll final 12 months, with the corporate’s managing director Tim Beddows offering the next assertion: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Joe and his superlative forged and crew on Physician Jekyll. There may be few topics extra apt to launch Hammer Studios and the manufacturing has all the pieces you’d anticipate of a contemporary Hammer movie.”
Stephenson advised Fangoria, “There’ve been over 100 cinematic diversifications of Stevenson’s novella, however there has by no means been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There appear to be some assumptions that as a result of Nina is a trans character, we’re by some means going to make it about gender. That isn’t the case; the themes of our movie are true to the unique work. I really feel like sure demographics need assistance seeing previous folks’s gender identification. Nina Jekyll’s trans-ness isn’t all the pieces she is, in any respect!” The director added that “the movie’s tone is a (hopefully) stunning mixture of darkish humor and suspense that spirals into horror.“
Physician Jekyll was produced by B Good Image Firm, in affiliation with Fluidity Movies. Stephenson produced with Man de Beaujeu. Liam Coutts is affiliate producer, whereas Christian Angermayer serves as government producer.
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