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'Hyde' fit to be retried as pic tuner
Hatchery bringing B'way musical to bigscreen

By DAVE MCNARY

The Hatchery is birthing a feature adaptation of the horror-themed Broadway musical "Jekyll and Hyde" in partnership with Grand Illusions Media Partners.
Jonathan SangerJonathan Sanger, a producer of upcoming feature "The Producers," will produce the horror-musical feature with Emmy winners Dan AngelDan Angel ("Door-to-Door") and Margaret Loesch along with Ed Elbert of Grand Illusions. Loesch is co-CEO of the Hatchery, a production/marketing entity launched in 2003.

Leslie Bricusse, who's won two songwriting Oscars and was Tony-nommed for best book for "Jekyll and Hyde," will exec produce with Frank Wildhorn, who wrote the music for the Broadway play. Bruce Stein, co-CEO of the Hatchery, and Sarah Ryan Black, senior VP of Grand Illusions, will also exec produce.

Bricusse will pen the adaptation. Sanger plans to hire a director and then turn to casting.

Loesch cited recent successes of feature versions of "Chicago," and "Moulin Rouge""Moulin Rouge" along with the perpetual appeal of the horror film genre as key reasons for moving ahead.