Glen here...

...with the first Coaxial report regarding Coppola's new Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde series since the production started filming not too long ago.

Here's what BAGGOT had to say about how things are proceeding on the new series so far.

Baggot wrote:

They're shooting some incredible stuff. I don't think it's like anything on TV now. The action is pure HK (Hong Kong) style (ie. Martial arts, Guns blazing while sliding down banisters, it's like a violent ballet). At one point, the villains...a HK Triad...drive through a cricket game and then open fire to take down a rival British Triad.

The hero (surgeon Dr. Jekyll) has his hands pinned to a table using scalpels, and is then slugged into unconsciousness. That's after waking up to find his kidney missing. It was removed by a organ harvester -- a creepy looking man in his 80's, wearing a rubber apron and rubber gloves and using a small power saw.

Immediately following the clubfest, Jekyll is brought to the deck of a yacht where he finds his wife tied to a buoy. Jekyll is thrown overboard...swims for the buoy...removes his wife's gag...ONLY TO FIND IT RIGGED TO A BOMB!

Jekyll barely survives His wife is killed. And the road to vengeance begins!

Glen again...

...how's THAT for an intense superhero origin?

For previous Coaxial reports on this series, CLICK HERE for a script review of the series' opening episode, or CLICK HERE for Coaxial's announcement of the series' lead!