Wow, brains have imploded at the mere thought of this one. We’re in shut-down mode.
Secondly, back da fuck up Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Winding Refn (“Bronson”), there’s a new player in town on the “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” beat.
Cantakerous Bronx-born curmudgeon Abel Ferrara — thought to be consigned to director’s jail as most of his projects have barely received theatrical runs (even the Cannes-approved “Go Go Tales” ran for about a week in NY) — has been tapped to direct another version of the famous scientist-experiment-gone-wrong cautionary tale.
It gets even more amazing and mind-blowing: Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent have formed somewhat of an un-“Expendables” party and signed on for what’s being called a modern re-imagining of the original Robert Louis Stevenson story. Even better: both of them will play the lead role of a doctor with a violent alter ego. Who will play who? Fiddy as the doctor and Whitaker as the monster? Makes sense, no? Pause and digest that for a second, sit down and then hit reset. Wow. The project is simply called, “Jekyll and Hyde.”
Obviously this project has nothing to do with the aforementioned Keanu Reeves led project based on the same source material, nor the Guillermo del Toro ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ project in the works. Man, Hollywood loves dueling projects going neck-to-neck.
Ferrara, who’s latest movie, “Chelsea on the Rocks, ” looks like it’s going to find the same fate as “Go Go Tales” (abject neglect), but the director — more well known for warring with Werner Herzog about a “Bad Lieutenant” re-imagining/non-remake — looks like he may have caught a break with this one. How can he possibly fail? Even if this project is trainwreck awful, it will be a must-watch! And seriously, how does 50 Cent keep getting film roles? Ferrera will surely make great use of him no matter what. Most anticipated 2010! [Variety]