Few actors attract as much critical scorn as Keanu Reeves (although not all of it is fair), and some reviewers must be salivating at the prospect of Reeves playing a dual role. He is set to star in Jekyll, a contemporary spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

The screenplay is by Justin Haythe ( Revolutionary Road). It will be directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, who made the Pushertrilogy in his native Denmark and the recent Bronson, which earned critical kudos for Tom Hardy's intense portrayal of English convict Charlie Bronson.