Newly-formed distribution firm Hammer Studios has acquired UK rights on its first title - Joe Stephenson’s upcoming Doctor Jekyll starring Eddie Izzard.
The film is currently in production in the UK; it is targeting a festival debut in the autumn, with a UK theatrical release to follow.
In a female reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s eponymous character, Izzard plays the reclusive Nina Jekyll, who finds friendship with her newly hired help Rob. They join forces to prevent Jekyll’s dual identity of Hyde from re-emerging and destroying her life. Scott Chambers plays the role of Rob.
Doctor Jekyll is based on a screenplay by Dan Kelly-Mulhern.
Hammer Studios launched in November 2021 via a merger with UK label Network Distributing, as the distribution arm of iconic UK genre production company Hammer Films.
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