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Yet Another 'Jekyll and Hyde' Announced, 50 Cent Cast?
Thursday, May 14, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Not to be confused with Jekyll, the Keanu Reeves starrer announced last week, Abel Ferrara is taking another walk on the wild side with a re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which will be contemporized and titled Jekyll and Hyde. Forest Whitaker (Repossession Mambo) and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (for real?) are attached to play the lead roles in the classic tale about a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego. "The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation," said Producer Luc Roeg. Independent is handling international sales on the project, which will begin lensing in late summer.

Pictured: Forest Whitaker, left, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson



Source: Variety

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Gore_Freak08
1:08am, May 14, 2009

I'm getting tired of this story. Get some new ideas! Besides, I think they already made this one in a MADtv episode some while ago.


I AM THE EGG MAN
1:08am, May 14, 2009

This movie has shit sandwich written all over it.


deadlover
1:19am, May 14, 2009

I want to like the idea cause I love Forest Whitaker, but the thought of 50 cent being in the same movie, not to mention its the 3rd version of the material on the horizon . . .I mean, given 50's acting range, he'd have to be Jekyll for the movie to work at all. BUt I'm sure that's not how they;ll do it. This is a terrible idea.


whoa a zombie
1:21am, May 14, 2009

I just laughed myself into oblivion. This made my day.


Joshua1983
1:51am, May 14, 2009

Go Go Go GO Straight to DVD it's your flop movie and we don't give a fuck cuz it a flop movie.


LoSt BoY
1:54am, May 14, 2009

this is disgusting, seriously...you've got to be fucking kidding me...


LoSt BoY
1:55am, May 14, 2009

i heard something once before about them making the broadway musical "jekyll and hyde" into a movie. i'd much rather see that than this shit, OR keaunu reeves' for that matter


Kaname Tousen
2:14am, May 14, 2009

Forest will do a great job 50 will fuck it all up


Krug09
2:29am, May 14, 2009

50 Cent? Didn't that guys carrier die out back in 04? So why the fuck is he making video games and movies!?


Feleron
3:01am, May 14, 2009

THis has to be the worst news EVER! 1st keanu reeves as WOH Jekyll..now Fitty Cent?next gary coleman will be in a Jekyl and Hyde remake with the olsen twins... well at least we'll see if the recent 50 cent movie trends continue..will the 10th bullet kill him in this one too...ull have to rent the dvd to find out..if you can find it!


lucie with a gun
3:44am, May 14, 2009

lol. so dr jekyll takes the potion and turns into thug gangsta rapper 50 cent? forrest wtf.


drmodem
3:53am, May 14, 2009

Agree with Krug09 totally, his career died in 2004, around the same time he got a chanted off stage at Reading Festival and then his videogame was slated as one of the worst PS2 releases ever. Attaching him to any movie will kill it - if this isn't a joke it's a horrible, horrible idea...


magnaderalpha
5:27am, May 14, 2009

Oh god, just like Rocky Horror remake, have to fuck up the classsic formula just to cash in with modern pop culture! Whitaker, I trust, actually. Hell, just have Whitaker play both Jekyll and Hyde parts(he'd do a HELL of a job!!). 50 Cent, WTF? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. H to the Y to the D to the E!


Evil_Flip
5:58am, May 14, 2009

Lol: "Through a secret formula, a respectible black guy turn himself into a pimp who terrorises the city with his crappy rap 'music' and pistolwhipping Yo'Mommas."


djblack1313
7:24am, May 14, 2009

Forest is a great & respected actor...WTF is he even thinking about (if this is true) doing ANYTHING with or NEAR 50 or whatever. i hope he changes his mind. FOREST DO NOT DO THIS!!!


djblack1313
7:25am, May 14, 2009

THIS news actually makes the idea of KEANU (in his movie) sound OSCAR caliber!! LOL.


Deathbat
8:18am, May 14, 2009

I'm guessing this is going to be the story of a poor downtrodden soul who just wants to be a rapper, then lo and behold, takes a magic potion and becomes an obnoxious 'rapstar'.


nricexbox
10:39am, May 14, 2009

no no no no no no no no!


Jerkofwonder
11:23am, May 14, 2009

What more can they offer us? We know we'll get a badass psychological thriller with Keanu, and the classic more monster movie with Del Toror. We don't need Dr. Jekyll and Gansta Hyde.


satanslilsunbeam
2:12pm, May 14, 2009

First 50 Cent is a tool. Secondly, a "modern classic for a whole new generation" basically means they are going to try to hip the story up, which typically leads to disaster. A hip hop jeckyll and hyde, just what the world needs.


Joshua1983
3:53pm, May 14, 2009

See that Vitamin water 50 use to sell is bad for you lol


nitewise84
4:36pm, May 14, 2009

I remember back in the day when Horror movies would come out and Horror fans would just be happy that their genre was being released in theaters (no matter how bad or good they looked or sounded). Now it seems that every one has something (bad) to say about every horror movie announced. What happened to the horror fan that saw everything and didn't judge a movie because who was in it or what it was about until they saw it? I know that since the late 90's great/good horror movies have been scarce but come on people. Just be grateful that Horror is still being made. Who cares if you like the actor/s or not, if they are remakes, ghetto interpretations or even a movie with a plot that has been done millions of times. I’m not saying that this movie sounds remotely interesting, but if it looks even ok, I’ll see it.


Thommy Razor
4:59pm, May 14, 2009

Ha!! Hahaha!!! Holy fuck!! Really?


Wlad
2:47am, May 15, 2009

What pisses me off is that everyone wants to reimagine the story with their own twists rather than give us a faithful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original classic. I would very much prefer that.


Sgerwel1985
1:40pm, May 15, 2009

awww shit, goin gangsta.


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