After ending Sean Connery's career, Fox is making another League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is getting a reboot. According to Variety, 20th Century Fox has decided to have another go at adapting Alan Moore's dark and wildly imaginative comic book series for the big screen. Although the comics themselves are much admired, Fox has so far had two failed attempts to get the franchise up and running. A movie adaptation in 2003 starring Sean Connery was financially successful but a bit of a critical flop (it was also Connery's last starring role — though that might just be coincidental), while a planned TV series in 2013 never made it out of development."Let's hope the reboot gets it right this time"It's a shame, as the League has more potential than most comic book adaptations. It's basically The Avengers but set in an alternate-universe Victorian England populated by the heroes and villains of literary fiction. There are witches and vampires, but also mad scientists and aliens, and the League's members — including Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll, and Mina Harker — could be perfect fodder for an ensemble cast. Plus, since 2003, the film industry has advanced a lot when it comes to making good superhero movies. And if 2005's Fantastic Four is getting a reboot, then why not the League? http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/27/8665571/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-reboot

 

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'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen' Is Getting A Female-Centric Reboot...."League of Extraordinary Ladies" is more like it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...id=txtlnkusaolp00000592&kvcommref=mostpopular

It looks like yet another "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" remake is in the works -- and this time, it's all about the ladies. Longtime film producer John Davis said during the 2015 Television Critics Association press tour that a new "League" reboot, backed by 20th Century Fox, will be female-centric, according to Collider. The move was partly inspired by "Mad Max: Fury Road."It’s female-centric, which I think is interesting. I love female characters, point-of-view characters in action movies," Davis told the site."The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" started as a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. In 2003, a film adaptation of the same name starring Sean Connery was released to poor reviews. Ten years later, Fox attempted to turn the comic series into a television show but the pilot failed to get picked up by the network. Not much else is known about the new film adaptation, but there's one thing we can almost certainly bank on: Alan Moore won't be seeing it. While speaking to Total Film in 2009 about film adaptions of his comics, he said, "Do we need any more sh!tty films in this world? We have quite enough already. Whereas the $100 million could sort out the civil unrest in Haiti. And the books are always superior, anyway.”