Cannes 2009: More Jekyll and Hyde
Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent to tackle the horror classic.
Jekyll and Hyde adaptations are like buses -- you wait years for one and then three come along at once. First Guillermo del Toro announced plans to adapt Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella, then Nicolas Winding Refn revealed his intention to shoot a modern-day version with Keanu Reeves in the dual roles. Now Abel Ferrara is getting in on the act.
The Bad Lieutenant helmer will also contemporise the story, but instead cast two actors as Jekyll and Hyde, with Forest Whitaker and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson landing the schizophrenic gig.
According to Variety, the film will retain the premise of a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego, but with Ferrara's own unique twist.
According to executive producer Luc Roeg, "The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation."
The Bad Lieutenant helmer will also contemporise the story, but instead cast two actors as Jekyll and Hyde, with Forest Whitaker and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson landing the schizophrenic gig.
According to Variety, the film will retain the premise of a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego, but with Ferrara's own unique twist.
According to executive producer Luc Roeg, "The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation."
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on May 15 2009 06:32 AM you're gonna cast 50 cent as forest whitaker's counterpart? epic fail. (Reply to this) |
on May 15 2009 06:41 AM HAHAHA is it Razzie season already? (Reply to this) |
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on May 15 2009 07:10 AM del Toro - god yes. 50 cent - god no but yes (Reply to this) |
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on May 15 2009 12:02 PM None of these films have started principal photography and I'm already burnt out on these damn Jekyll and Hyde movies. (Reply to this) |
on May 15 2009 02:13 PM Fiddy has "formidable talent"? WTF. (Reply to this) |
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on May 15 2009 02:40 PM Abel Ferrara is a pretentious hack, this movie will be terrible. Del Toro, on the other hand, may come up with something interesting. (Reply to this) |
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on May 16 2009 01:37 AM Ferrara strikes me as what Werner Herzog would be like if he had very little talent and was just all crazy. Bad Lieutenant was good, but this just reeks of disaster on a hilarious scale. As HectorMoran said, principle photography has yet to start for anything, so who knows what will end up actually getting made. I've never been a fan of modernizing anyway, at least in most cases. The story usually just seems more interesting was set in the intended time period. The Victorian suppression of sexuality was pivotal for the story in the first place (i.e. Jekyll's desperate longing for his fiancée was unleashed with the sudden, violent lust in Hyde), so unless you "update" it to the 1950s or something, I don't think it would work. (Reply to this) |
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on May 16 2009 07:59 PM I can't wait for this just because there's no way this will be good. I mean, this is probably the funniest casting ever. (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2009 02:21 AM WTF (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2009 03:09 PM 50 Cent AND Whitaker = Epic Failures. Wish there was some way to wipe them from existence. Such disgraces. (Reply to this) |
on May 17 2009 03:11 PM Wait, where's the punchline? This is a joke, right? (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2009 03:44 PM Del Toro will make it properly, let him do it... (Reply to this) |
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