Based on Peter Ackroyd’s bestselling 1994 novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem,” the Victorian-era story has been adapted by ace screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Woman in Black) for director Juan Carlos Medina (Painless) and producers Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen and Joanna Laurie of Number 9 Films.
“We are privileged to be once again working with world class filmmakers like Alan Rickman and Jane Goldman and the sensational director, Juan Carlos Medina, and stars of the future Olivia Cooke and Douglas Booth on this Gothic masterpiece,” commented Stephen Woolley. “It’s going to be the first time the world will see the amazing universe that Peter Ackroyd has created that has a more sensational twist than ‘The Crying Game!’”
Lionsgate has already purchased UK and Ireland rights before The Limehouse Golem goes up for grabs to other distributers at Cannes in May.
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