20th Century Fox is looking to reboot the film adaptation of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The original movie was released in 2003 and starred Sean Connery as Allan Quartermaine, but it turned out to be a dud. The original plan was to launch a film franchise based on the property, but it didn’t make enough money to warrant any sequels. A TV series was in development in 2013 with Green Lantern writer Michael Green on board as showrunner, and exec producer alongside Erwin Stoff. Fox made a put pilot commitment but the show was not ordered to series.
The graphic novel is great, but a lot of people felt the the movie was poorly adapted. This was the last film Connery starred in before he retired.
News of the reboot was first reported by The Tracking Board.
The story centers on a few Victorian-era literary characters such as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker, Dorian Grey, Tom Sawyer, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as they team up for the British government to foil a plot at the center of a war between villains Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty.
Ira Napoliello and Matt Reilly are overseeing the remake. John Davis (Chronicle, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is producing the project through his Davis Entertainment banner. He’s currently on the hunt for directors to bring the movie to life.