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ABC Grabs New Take on ‘Jekyll & Hyde’

Kevin Yeoman — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:50:26 +0000

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could almost go toe-to-toe with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, based on the number of retellings and re-imaginings the original story has spawned.

The latest iteration, Hyde, is looking to make its way to ABC courtesy of Sheldon Turner, the Academy Award-nominated co-writer of Up In The Air who also worked on this summer’s X-Men: First Class.

This time around, the proposed series will follow Grant Hyde, an ER doctor who, while searching for a cure to his rapidly deteriorating eyesight, inadvertently unleashes an alter ego in the form of the far more aggressive Hyde, who approaches and handles certain situations the more timid Grant is unwilling to address.

The pilot is being described as an odd ‘buddy story’ where the two ...

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Interview: Katie Chonacas on Bad Lieutenant & More!

Niall Browne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:46:24 +0000

Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans starring Nicolas Cage and Val Kilmer opens next month and I got the chance to speak to actress/model/producer Katie Chonacas about the film and her career.

During the course of the interview, Chonacas informed us that John Carpenter’s planned Nicolas Cage film Riot is dead and she also gave us some news of the new Forrest Whitaker and 50 Cent film version of Jekyll and Hyde.

Check out the interview after the jump.

You seen to have a very busy schedule that juggles everything from modeling and singing to acting and film producing. How do you manage it?

It’s been quite an experience. The biggest roller coaster ride I have ever been on! I manage by always having a positive attitude, I have a good team and surround myself with people ...

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Poster Friday: Toy Story 3, Saw VI, A Christmas Carol & Many More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:20:14 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! Today we’ve again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes one-sheets for Toy Story 3, Saw VI, Paranormal Activity, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Blind Side, Dark Country, Jekyll & Hyde, The Hole, Get Low, The Descent: Part 2, The Karate Kid, The Fourth Kind, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and A Christmas Carol.

But that’s not all! We also have the latest sets of character banners for Where The Wild Things Are and The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Let’s get to it.

To start, here’s the first teaser poster for Toy Story 3 thanks to our friends at Latino Review:

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