Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to director Abel Ferrara’s (Bad Lieutenant) Jekyll and Hyde, a re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (Where the Wild Things Are) and rap heavyweight 50 Cent star in the lead roles, with Fiddy, of course, playing the homicidal Mr. Hyde.
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The film’s synopsis reads:
Dr. Jekyll is a rich doctor of great generosity who lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Mr. Hyde is a sadistic murderer with a reputation that strikes fear in the hearts of people throughout New York. Peter Utterson, Dr. Jekyll’s lawyer and friend, investigates the mystery of who Mr. Hyde is and why he is the sole beneficiary of Jekyll’s will.
The devastating answer is that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person, and the urgent problem is how to kill the beast without destroying the man
Earlier this year, Universal Pictures announced that it too would produce a film adaptation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale with Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) playing double duty as the story’s titular characters. Simply entitled Jekyll, the film is being directed by Nicolas Winding Refn from a script by Revolutionary Road scribe Justin Haythe.
Two Jekyll's? Whoa.
If this turns into a Jekyll standoff, someone is gonna end up shot to death in an SUV in Vegas. Just saying.
Films based on video games sure have come a long way since 1993’s Super Mario Bros.
Disney’s Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s adaptation of Ubisoft’s time-traveling, action-adventure game. The film is directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and scripted by Jordan Mechner, creator of the Prince of Persia game.
Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Donnie Darko) plays the Prince who must acquire and then protect the “Dagger of Time” from evil men hellbent on world domination. The movie also stars Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island, Suspect Zero), Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2, Identity), and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans 2010).
He's Good. But, He's No Bob Hoskins.
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time swings into theaters on May 28, 2010.
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson confessed to the Ellen DeGeneres Show that he deeply regretted offhandedly asking a female fan to disrobe for his viewing pleasure while waiting backstage. Pattinson explain to Ellen:
It was after a period of signing 500 signatures, and one of [the fans] just came up. You kind of get 10 seconds with each person and you never really say anything, and I kind of got bored of saying, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’ And [the fan] said in her 10 seconds, ‘What can I do to get your attention?’ I was like, ‘Um, just take your clothes off.’ And she stood there and frantically started taking her clothes off and got dragged out of the room by security. I never felt more terrible.
Pattinson should heed the words of wisdom bestowed upon Peter Parker by his uncle Ben in Spiderman: “With great power comes great responsibility.” That’s why I never ask Clatto readers to send me photos of their vaginas and butt-holes. It would be an abuse of power.
To see Pattinson tell the story, tune into the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, Nov. 20 (check your local TV listings).
Carmen Electra reminds us that she can tickle more than our funny bones with a “leaked” sex video showcasing her Sapphic tendencies. The sexy star of Scary Movie is seen drinking, dancing, and stripping with a brunette girlfriend in the clip.
While many will dismiss Carmen Electra’s lesbian video as a cheap ploy to get attention, we at Clatto realize that the video is a brave and impassioned plea to our country’s leaders to provide all fundamental rights for gay citizens … and by gay we mean beautiful, big-busted women who like to stick their tongues down each others throats when being watched by inebriated men with cameras. You go, Carmen!
