Per Deadline, Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) is Lionsgate’s choice to helm the retelling. The film will be based on Steven Moffat’s BBC One miniseries from 2007, in which a descendant of Jekyll discovers he has the same light and dark sides as the good/bad doctor.
In the spirit of duality, Universal is also developing a Dr. Jekyll project around Russell Crowe, who will appear as the character in 2017’s reboot of The Mummy. Neither film has a release date as of yet.
