Keanu Reeves to star in updated “Jekyll”

10 May 2009

Keanu Reeves is about to develop a split personality as the star of a modern retelling of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

Universal Pictures is developing the feature, with Justin Haythe, writer of “Revolutionary Road,” penning the script. Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, writer-director of the “Pusher” trilogy of gritty thrillers, is in negotiations to direct the project, titled “Jekyll.”

Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella about a doctor who scientifically develops an evil self has become so pervasive in popular culture that the phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” conjures the idea of a split personality. The story has been translated to the screen and stage dozens of times. Among the adaptations are comedy versions, kids’ stories (“Jekyll and Heidi”) and gender-switch tales (1995′s “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde”). The story has undergone modern iterations as recently as 2007, when the BBC aired a miniseries that set the story in the present as Hyde ran amok in London.

Plot details for this “Jekyll” are being kept locked in the laboratory.

Universal clearly is enamored with the tale; it also has been developing a take on it with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, but the two adaptations couldn’t be more different.

Del Toro, who has an affinity for Gothic horror as well as creature features, aims to stick more closely to the Stevenson tale. His project is on the back burner, though, as he works on “The Hobbit” for New Line and MGM, a project that’s expected to take up the next five years.

Refn’s indie crime biopic “Bronson,” starring Tom Hardy, premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

Haythe wrote the script for “The Clearing,” the Robert Redford-starring kidnapping thriller. He is working on the remake of “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.”

Reeves most recently starred in the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”

17 Responses to Keanu Reeves to star in updated “Jekyll”

naomi villagrana

June 26th, 2009 at 7:18 pm

I love Keanu Reeves, and cann’t waite till he’s in another great film.
Possibly, another acttion film or more comic films,I know he has a humorus side to him.He just needs the wright film to come along.I would also like to see him in some gothic films as well.Please help me find a fan mail address for Keanu Reeves.

Thanks,
Naomi of Smyrna,Ga

Lisa

June 30th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

Keanu Reeves deserves more acclaim than he receives. He is a great actor.

Marilyn

July 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

anything Keanu does is good – including Dogstar

liu

July 28th, 2009 at 8:13 pm

Keanu Reeves is a great man.I admire him.

michelle

September 5th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

He is all of good, but is the bad actor!you is very attractive too!In short, is very pretty is not to describe; is incredible, and wonderful!! my oriental prince!

luciene

September 8th, 2009 at 5:15 am

Vc é muito lindo! Sensível , doce e simples. I love you Keanu!

DARLINDA LEE (DAR)

September 15th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

KEAHHNUUU,
It’s me the girl who fell in love with you a long time ago. Now they have
you in a movie with the lead girl named pippa LEE. HEE HEE HEE.
We have been spiritually connected for a long time. I still love you.
I just hate the thought of a damned matrix. I’m good and you are the
most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. I wanted you to get another film
if they would add my name in the leading ladies’. You can email me if you
want. Then maybe we could speak on the phone. Take Care Honey. DD

DARLINDA LEE (DAR)

September 15th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

I think keyo is sooo smooth. I want more Keyo! Give him some sexy
love scenes and let the girl be named D or Dar like the “Beast Master”.
I made that up Keyo, so don’t steel it.

DARLINDA LEE (DAR)

September 15th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

I think keyo is sooo smooth. I want more Keyo! Give him some sexy
love scenes and let the girl be named like me.

dar lease ya

May 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 am

Hey,
I think you shouldn’t use my name like that. You are making me seem
so stupid. With your short speech. I’m the original Darlinda Lee.
There isn’t another woman out there like me. Stop using me as a joke.
I happen to love Keanu Reeves because he is the most gentle,kind-
hearted and caring actor and I really love him from my heart. He is
truely beautiful and I don’t think love is a joke. I’m not a cheap porn
flick on the boobnet either. I just wanted to take up for my famous
namesake. You stupid geeks wouldn’t go so far if you had the
pleasure of knowing the real DD. Stay away from my name.
You really should listen to someone who is very serious!

Darlinda Lee

May 23rd, 2010 at 1:39 am

Oh my god, my comment is like waiting for moderation “or something”.
Hey Keanu, guess what. You could email me and we could ya know
talk on the phone, duh! and duh! we could like ya know “do it”.

Janice Vaughn

August 7th, 2010 at 8:02 am

With Gueirellmo Del Toro directing an actor like Keanu Reeves this film can’t go wrong. I believe that Reeves is set to do some of the best work in his career within the next 10 years as he truly comes into his own as an artist. I predict at least one Oscar nomination for him within the next decade. He is far too under-rated in Hollywood!

Keanu Reeves to star in updated “Jekyll”

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