We’ve certainly had enough adaptations of Robert Louis Stevensen’s classic The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, and we’ve also had hundreds of comic book adaptations. But how about this, an adaptation of a comic book based on the original story called THE STRANGE CASE OF MR HYDE? Skydance Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment, and The Mark Gordon Company, are producing a film based on the Dark Horse comic series written by Cole Haddon and M.S. Corley. Albert Torres has been signed on to rewrite the screenplay. Torres only has one produced screenplay under his belt so far, the Luke Wilson comedy HENRY POOLE IS HERE (2008), but he is also credited with writing the as yet unproduced AKIRA remake.
Here’s the synopsis for the comic:
Five years after Mr. Edward Hyde’s bloody reign of terror, the streets of London run red once again when a series of prostitutes are murdered with surgical precision. Convinced that the killer is using the same serum that birthed Hyde, Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard seeks assistance from its creator, the imprisoned Dr. Henry Jekyll. But even as Jekyll convinces Adye that he can best aid in the hunt if freed from prison, evidence mounts that he is not completely cured of Hyde. With the two monsters set to collide, can Adye-or his soul-survive intact?
Source: The Wrap
