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# Hammer Films announces trailer and poster artwork for B Good Picture Company’s Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/hammer-films-announces-trailer-and-poster-artwork-for-b-good-picture-companys-doctor-jekyll-starring-eddie-izzard/
- Published: 2023-10-05T16:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-05T12:26:57.000Z
- Description: Directed by Joe Stephenson (Chicken, McKellen: Playing The Partand) featuring an impressive cast including Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan and Simon Callow, Doctor Jekyll’s UK-wide release marks the first release for the recently resurrected Hammer, following its acquisition by theatre and en
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Eddie Izzard

**Hammer Films** has announce the trailer and poster launch for **B Good Picture Company**’s *Doctor Jekyll* released exclusively in UK cinemas from **27 October 2023** and starring **Eddie Izzard**.

Directed by **Joe Stephenson** (*Chicken*, *McKellen: Playing The Partand*) featuring an impressive cast including Izzard, **Scott Chambers**, **Lindsay Duncan** and **Simon Callow**, *Doctor Jekyll*’s UK-wide release marks the first release for the recently resurrected Hammer, following its acquisition by theatre and entertainment mogul **John Gore**.

Bringing a modern twist to the critically adored tale, *Doctor Jekyll* will receive its red-carpet premiere at London’s iconic **Odeon Leicester Square** on **October 11**. The film was also selected to play at **FrightFest London 2023** where an initial cut of the film was screened as part of the festival’s line-up.

A modern interpretation of **Robert Louis Stevenson**’s novella *The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde*, *Doctor Jekyll*, is a reimagining of the classic story starring Eddie Izzard who plays Dr. Nina Jekyll, a recluse who finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by emerging actor Scott Chambers (*Chicken*). They must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life. The screenplay is by **Dan Kelly-Mulhern**.

The release of *Doctor Jekyll* heralds a new era for Hammer, founded in 1934\. As well as significant investment, Gore’s new vision for the company, fuelled by a lifelong love of all things Hammer, will lead to a string of new films bearing the iconic Hammer name, and Doctor Jekyll is only the beginning. Gore commented “Given *Doctor Jekyll* was the first Gothic Horror book it is very appropriate that Joe Stephenson’s thrilling new film should be the first of a new generation of Hammer movies.”