Chris Evans Circling Lead Role In Film Adaptation Of BBC's Jekyll

Lionsgate is developing a feature film based on BBC's Jekyll, a 2007 six-episode miniseries that [...]

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Lionsgate is developing a feature film based on BBC's Jekyll, a 2007 six-episode miniseries that provided a modern twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale. The BBC miniseries was written by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock) and starred James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law, Cold Feet), earning him a 2008 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

According to Deadline, Lionsgate wants Marvel Studios' Captain America, Chris Evans (Avengers: Age of Ultron), to play the dual role of Dr. Jekyll (known as Dr. Tom Jackman) and his dangerous alter-ego Mr Hyde.

The Jekyll feature film is being produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman. The script has been written by The Nice Guys and Doc Savage screenwriters, Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. No director is currently attached to the project.

Synopsis for 2007's Jekyll:

There's a new Dr Jekyll, with an old problem - Mr Hyde. But they have a deal - a body share – and an impossible life is somehow lived. James Nesbitt takes the much-coveted lead role in this six-part thriller alongside Denis Lawson, Gina Bellman, Michelle Ryan and Meera Syal. What Hyde doesn't know: Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology, and the best surveillance hardware, he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows: an ancient organisation, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition. The return of Dr Jekyll is no accident.

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