Doctor Jekyll (film)

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• Eddie Izzard as Dr. Nina Jekyll / Rachel Hyde{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2023-08-08 |title=Doctor Jekyll – Short Teaser Video Previews Eddie Izzard's Arrival as Dr. Nina Jekyll |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3774367/nina-jekyll-short-teaser-video-eddie-izzard/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}
• Scott Chambers as Rob Stevenson
• Lindsay Duncan as Sandra Poole
• Robyn Cara as Maeve
• Jonathan Hyde as Henry Jekyll
• Morgan Watkins as Ewan
• Simon Callow as Journalist
• Tony Jayawardena as Malcolm

The project was announced in February 2022, with Eddie Izzard and Scott Chambers revealed to be starring, with Joe Stephenson attached as director, and Dan Kelly-Mulhern making his screenwriting debut. Stephenson, Guy de Beaujeu, Liam Coutts and Christian Angermayer were unveiled as producers, along with B Good Picture Company and Fluidity Films as the production companies.{{cite news |first=Naman |last=Ramachandran |title=Eddie Izzard to Star in 'Doctor Jekyll,' Joe Stephenson to Direct|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/eddie-izzard-doctor-jekyll-1235173606/ |access-date=July 4, 2023|work=Variety |date=February 7, 2022}} In March, Lindsay Duncan and Simon Callow were revealed to have joined the cast, alongside more of the supporting cast. Principal photography also concluded that month.{{cite news |first=Naman |last=Ramachandran |title=Lindsay Duncan, Simon Callow Join 'Doctor Jekyll'; Principal Photography Wraps (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/lindsay-duncan-simon-callow-doctor-jekyll-1235206560/ |access-date=July 4, 2023|work=Variety |date=March 16, 2022}}

In March 2022, Hammer Studios acquired UK distribution rights.{{cite news |first=Naman |last=Ramachandran |title=Eddie Izzard-Starring Doctor Jekyll Boarded by Hammer Studios|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/eddie-izzard-doctor-jekyll-hammer-studios-1235198041/ |access-date=July 4, 2023|work=Variety |date=March 7, 2022}}

Doctor Jekyll had its worldwide premiere at FrightFest on 25 August 2023.{{cite news |first=Zac |last=Ntim |title=UK Genre Event FrightFest Unveils Lineup For 2023 Edition|url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/frightfest-line-up-2023-1235436873/ |access-date=July 23, 2023|work=Deadline |date=July 13, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Doctor Jekyll |url=https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/doctor-jekyll.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=FrightFest}} It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2023.{{Cite web |first=Sophie|last=Butcher|date=2023-09-13 |title=Eddie Izzard Is Doctor Jekyll In New Hammer Film, With October Release Date Confirmed – Exclusive |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/eddie-izzard-doctor-jekyll-new-hammer-film-october-release-date-confirmed-exclusive/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Empire}} The film was released in the United States on 2 August 2024.{{Cite web |last=Navarro |first=Meagan |date=2024-07-18 |title=Doctor Jekyll Trailer Introduces Eddie Izzard's Mad Doctor in Hammer Horror Film |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3820996/doctor-jekyll-trailer-unleashes-eddie-izzard/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|41|4.9|32|consensus=|access-date=19 July 2024|ref=y}}

Todd Gilchrist of Variety wrote, "Though Stephenson offers plenty of suitably spooky imagery, and importantly finds a more-than-game collaborator in Izzard as both the good and evil doctor, Doctor Jekyll is meandering and empty, an update with neither enough loyalty to its source material or imagination to make its departures meaningful".{{Cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Todd |date=2024-03-15 |title=Doctor Jekyll Review: A Multiple-Personality Mystery That's Pulled in Too Many Directions |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/doctor-jekyll-review-eddie-izzard-1235941982/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Variety}} Lillian Crawford writing for Little White Lies gave the film a positive review, writing, "the sort of horror that has you laughing one minute and throwing your popcorn in the air in fright the next. Izzard also subverts the fear of gender that has long haunted horror cinema by both playing to and away from the ongoing 'trans scare'. It looks like Hammer has returned from the dead"{{Cite web |last=Crawford|first=Lillian|date=24 October 2023|url=https://lwlies.com/reviews/doctor-jekyll/ |website=Little White Lies |title=Doctor Jekyll review – gives Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing a run for their money }}

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• [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/doctor-jekyll-am592693 Doctor Jekyll at AllMovie]

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