ITV to movie a series about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A week after the announcement of the start of work on the six-part drama "The Frankenstein Chronicles" based on the novel by Mary Shelley and starring Sean Bean, the British channel ITV announced the production of another series of fiction. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this is a ten-episode action adventure called "Jekyll & Hyde", based on the novel "The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Charlie Higson ( Agatha Christie's Miss Marple has written and will executive produce the ten-episode show, which, according to the channel, "is a mixture of detective, fantasy, horror and science fiction." The plot takes place in 1930s London during the "Hollywood glamor, sleek cars and monster movies". The main character is Robert Jekyll (the grandson of Dr. Jekyll from Stevenson's work), who wants to understand the nature of his curse. "This is a tempting idea - to take Stevenson's work and use it as the basis for a new Jekyll and Hyde." - noted Higson, who became famous in the 1990s for the sketch comedy "The Fast Show", which aired on the BBC. – "Thanks to Jekyll and Hyde, a huge number of superheroes with double secret lives have been embodied in art. He is one of the most important and influential literary characters, and it is a great honor for us to work with his image." The series, which will begin production in India in January 2015 and will run in London from February to July, has been co-directed by Colin Teague ("The White Queen"). Details regarding the casting will be announced shortly. The Topic of Article: ITV to movie a series about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. |
