20th Century Fox Developing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Reboot

[Mad Good Dro]

Tracking Board brings word that 20th Century Fox is developing a big screen reboot of the comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, hoping to turn the literary melting pot into a franchise. John Davis (Chronicle, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is on board the project as the producer which is currently seeking directors to shepherd it through development.

Originally created by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen stars a group of Victiorian literature characters including Allan Quatermain (“King Solomon’s Mines”), Captain Nemo (“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”), the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Mina Harker of Dracula. The team is put together by the British government to foil a plot at the center of a war between villains Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty. Later volumes of the series would weave in the plots of War of the Worlds, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and even “Harry Potter.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was previously adapted into a film in 2003 starring Sean Connery (his last film role). It featured signifcant changes from the source material and famously began creator Alan Moore’s antagonistic relationship with Hollywood. A TV adaptation of the series was planned in 2013 with writer Michael Green (Green Lantern, “Heroes,” “Smallville”) but never materialized.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-reboot

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Didn't sean connery pick the first one over doing lotr?

 

[be back in a bit]

Between shyt this and that Johnny Quest thread, Hollywood really scraping the bottom of the barrel for IP to reboot.

 

[Numero Deux]

If at first you don't succeed, try again so you can fail even more.

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

F A I L

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Wasn't the first one like a huge ass flop at boxoffice. Nobody tryna see league of flabby and sick larrys in 2015.

 

[kingdarius]

instantly went when i saw this headline

 

[wire28]

I liked the Connery one if it's on i will watch

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

The reboot flop Era is upon us

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Always thought it would've worked way better as a TV show. Easier to get people to warm up to a bunch of characters they aren't familiar with over some episodes instead of trying to put everything in a 90 minute movie.

 

[Jello Biafra]

The source material is awesome and if done right could make a really entertaining movie. This will require a great script and a talented director though.
It still amazes me that the original LOEG script was written by comic book writer James Robinson. If anyone should have been able to successfully translate Alan Moore's books to film it should have been Robinson. AQnd Stephen Norrington did such a good job directing Blade too. So I really don't see how they fukked this movie up so badly except for studio interference being so crazy that the writer and director had very little say in what ended up on the screen.

And if they want to do this right they need to let the dudes who make Penny Dreadful make this movie.

 

[Shaman]

And if they want to do this right they need to let the dudes who make Penny Dreadful make this movie.

I was just coming in here to suggest y'all check out Penny Dreadful if you want to see this concept pulled off correctly in live action

 

[MenacingMonk]

Talks are back up...

‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ Reboot in the Works at Twentieth, Hulu – The Hollywood Reporter