In 2003, 20th Century Fox adapted Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN, a forgettable film that angered star Sean Connery so much that he quit acting because of it, although he's done some voice-over work since then.

According to Variety, Fox is looking to do a reboot based on the graphic novel. Ira Napoliello and Matt Reilly will be overseeing the reboot, which centers around Victorian-era literary characters: Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll, the Invisible Man and others.

Back in 2013, a television series was being developed as well, but Fox never ordered it to series. No news yet on when this film is set to come out but we'll keep you updated.

Should be stop motion, Wes Anderson should direct

I would've preferred a TV series because there is so much you could flesh out of these stories, but this is good too.

I say Keira Knightly for Mina!

Oh Hollywood, you just love screwing Alan Moore don't you?

Hehe.

I imagine Moore's face when he learns the news.

What the hell? Are people asking for this?

No, unnecessary. Bad, Fox.

I'm afraid.

I'd be happy if they did this instead:

I like the 2003 film

Me too...It sure was underrated IMHO.

I'm not so sure I want this...

100 Times YES!!!!

@kritikalmassx said:

I'd be happy if they did this instead:

@judasnixon said:

@captainmarvel4ever said:

Oh Hollywood, you just love screwing Alan Moore don't you?

@squalleon said:

Hehe.

I imagine Moore's face when he learns the news.

He shaved?

@squalleon said:

@judasnixon said:

@captainmarvel4ever said:

Oh Hollywood, you just love screwing Alan Moore don't you?

@squalleon said:

Hehe.

I imagine Moore's face when he learns the news.

He shaved?

So basically...Alan Moore is Cousin It if he didn't shaved.

XP

I honestly like the movie, I know it has a ton of problems but I still like it

There already is a live-action version of LoEG. It's called Penny Dreadful.

@mutant_god:

If Sean Connery had just been able to watch Sean Connery instead of being Sean Connery, maybe he would have liked it too.

No

I'm open to this. I like it when they adapt Alan Moore stories and it pisses him off. Even if some are good like Watchmen or V for Vendetta he'll still cry about it to his snake god.

@goonage said:

I was just about to say that.

This is going to go so well...

my dad will love this...

I thought the same thing - imagined him grabbing his head and saying "Not again." before going off into a long rant. Here's hoping they stick closer to the spirit of the series, and avoid being so bombastic.

I think it's because he's one of the few writers that can write an original story full of new ideas, even if he is taking established characters. He actually manages to make stories that take superhero and adventure concepts both modern and adult while inserting some fun. I do consider him a wizard in that way.

I actually really liked LoEG. My uncle and I enjoy watching it, even with its problem.

I've never read LOEG so i have nothing to compare the movie against. I liked the movie well enough when it came out but I also liked Constantine (Film) when it came out. Then I read some Hellblazer comics and realized that while the Constantine film is still enjoyable as a supernatural/action/thriller, it has nothing to do with the source material which pisses fans off. I've never understood why a studio would pay for the rights to a property and then change everything about it except the damn name. So until I read some LoEG comics, I cant really get excited for the new film.

@kritikalmassx: I like the look for the 80's league. I just hope this reboot is more graphic and edgy than the previous one

Whoa.. So I'm not the only one?

@kritikalmassx: YESH!

yes please

Hahahaha, Alan Moore just tore down his house with is bare hands after hearing this.

But, I'm pretty meh about this news. I haven't read the comic yet, so I don't have any attachment to the series. But the first movie was a pile of steaming garbage and was so bad it made Sean Connery quit acting forever. So, I have little faith any studio (especially Fox) can make this a good movie.

I was, shall we say, less than impressed by this movie when it came out in 2003. I had actually read the graphic novel so I was expecting the film to be in line with Alan Moore's acerbic vision. Being 14 at the time- and not much of a movie person- I didn't realize how Hollywood loves to mess with things.

If they're really rebooting LoEG then this needs to be a HARD R-rated movie. With blood and boobs and full frontal male nudity...basically, do what @goonage said and just be 'Penny Dreadful'.

Just rewatched the film and read the first trade not so long ago. Very much excited for this.

They should make it a show. It could be like Penny Dreadful, only not boring as f*ck.

I am in the camp that liked the film. Obviously the source material was much better, as it always is. Glad to hear the reboot, looking forward to it. Would like to see other incarnations of the League as well hopefully.

And that 80's one? yes please!

The thing that seemed especially dumb to me about the first movie was that the original comic was already so cinematic in tone and pacing that if they'd adapted it shot for shot it could have been an amazing movie, maybe even just as good as the source material in it's own way.

But I have to disagree that the source material is always better; Sin City was a great movie, basically done shot for shot from the comic, and ended up being a far better way to tell the same story. The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is pretty campy, but I still think it holds up better than the original comic. And The Crow was an instant cult classic inspired by a comic so bad I can't believe anyone thought it would be a good movie in the first place.

And other films, like X-Men: First Class or The Dark Knight are so different from the source material that there isn't really a basis for saying one's better or worse.

As for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's one of my favorite comics ever, but that doesn't mean it couldn't make an equally good movie if it were done well. And if it's not done well, well I still have the comics anyway, so to me there's really nothing to lose by trying, and maybe a good movie to gain.

cool. a lot to discuss here!

1. so...we agree that the movie was cool?
2. Ahhhhhh. Source material is always better, no matter what...hands down, every time. No way around it, it's like a curse. I like your cited refences though, and agree with Sin City, TMNT, and The Crow.
3. agreed. They both...........lacked much. Yet had some highlights for us. care to elaborate on yours?
4. elaborate on specifics why?

I thought the first movie was enjoyable.

1. If you enjoyed LXG, I won't argue the point or say you shouldn't, but I went in with low expectations for it and still didn't like it. I knew they were changing a lot about the story, but it wasn't even that the film lacked virtually all of what I liked about the comic so much as that it didn't have anything I really did like. It's a matter of taste, I guess, but I just found it charmless.

2. So if you agree that at least those three examples are exceptions to your statement, then perhaps it's not always the case anyway.

3. To me, The Dark Knight is really the Joker's movie, and it's Joker is so singular and different from any other prior version that it seems like comparing apples and oranges; that said, regardless of how it compares to the source material, it's simply a great film. A good Batman/Joker film, sure, but really just a great film period.

As for 'First Class, while it changes a lot from the source material, I find (unlike LXG) it actually adds more character to the story than it loses by being unfaithful, most notably with the addition to/of Mystique's story. Making Mystique central to the story made the whole group dynamic between her, Xavier, Magneto, and Beast a lot more interesting than that of the original team from the comics. And her power works well to add elements to the symbolism that were never considered in the source. And her central perspective in the group made a story, which at it's core is about otherness, not be a simple binary between the perspectives of two strait, white supermen.

4. I'm not sure what you mean.

I would have preferred a TV series but anyway a reboot movie is good too. At least not another superhero movie.

Me too, it wasn't horrible at all. I mean when you compare it to movies like Daredevil, Electra etc I never understood the hate this movie got.