Ok, on my list of ideas for movies I don't ever want to see, I'd say that an updated version of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde featuring 50 Cent would rank pretty high. That being said, someone obviously disagrees, as Variety is reporting that Abel Ferrara, cult favorite director of such gritty films as King of New York and China Girl, would be updating the Robert Louis Stevenson classic. Forest Whittaker and 50 are signed on to play the lead roles. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Whittaker will be tackling Jekyl while Fifty will be handling Hyde. Just a hunch.
Luc Roeg, an exec producer on the film seems especially confident:
"The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation,"
Yeah, because when I think modern classics I think 50 Cent. We'll see how this goes. Whittaker is a supremely talented actor, 50 Cent has shown flashes of being a decent actor, so maybe it won't be as bad as the concept sounds.
