The film, an adaptation of 2007 BBC One series, the movie is being produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman, reported Deadline.
The project is yet to have a director.
The miniseries was not a straight adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella; rather.
In the miniseries, James Nesbitt played Jackman, a modern-day descendant of Jekyll who is beginning to exhibit the trademark split personality.