Los Angeles:&nbsp;'Captain America' star Chris Evans is in talks to play the lead role of Tom Jackman in 'Jekyll'.
<img title="Chris Evans" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/1Chris-Evans-1.jpg" alt="Chris Evans" /> Chris Evans
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.

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