Hammer is coming back to life with a new owner and a new slate of movies, and up first is DOCTOR JEKYLL starring Suzy Eddie Izzard (soon to be seen in Grimmfest Films’ PAST LIFE!)
Empire Online reports that the film will release in UK cinemas on 27th October, and director Joe Stephenson recently told Fangoria, “There’ve been over 100 cinematic adaptations of Stevenson’s novella, but there has never been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There seem to be some assumptions that because Nina is a trans character, we are somehow going to make it about gender. That is not the case; the themes of our film are true to the original work.”
DOCTOR JEKYLL focuses on a reclusive Nina Jekyll finding friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by rising star Scott Chambers, who must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.