FOX attempting to reboot "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

[Postman Dave]

Ah, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. That much-maligned 2003 superhero effort, spawned from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s graphic novels, that failed to generate much love either from fans, critics or – given its eventual $179 million global haul from a $78 million budget, not counting marketing – the box office bean counters. 20th Century Fox thinks there’s life in the property yet and is trying another movie.

Moore and O’Neil’s alt-history stories follow a group of literary characters – Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Doctor Jekyll and Dracula’s Mina Harker among them – as they band together to fight off monstrous threats to the realm. It would seem to be fertile fodder for a movie, but that first attempt, which had Stephen Norrington directing a cast including Sean Connery and Jason Flemyng, just didn’t seem able to take full advantage of it.

According to Deadline, Fox has a producing team including Ira Napoliello, Matt Reilly and John Davis on board to start finding writers and directors who might be able to turn the concept into a functioning franchise, wiping the slate clean for a new attempt. And this follows the studio’s 2013 TV version, which never made it out of development. So if you had your choice of filmmaking team, whom would you entrust to make the League work this time?

Empire

Yes, the movie that pushed Sean Connery into retirement is being circled for a reboot!

 

[JakeYourBooty]

But the LXG was born from it

 

[Apoho Creed]

I remember seeing this movie a long time ago, but I didn't really enjoy it at all. In 2003 I would say movie companies didn't know to make a great movie from a Comic Book or Superhero film just yet. At that time we had Blade and X-Men, so I guess they thought throw money at top stars, and the movie will make money. I think if with the right cast could be a awesome concept.

 

[Postman Dave]

But the LXG was born from it

Well of course. I don't need to explain the awesomeness of that though

 

[Fuji Vice]

In 2003 I would say movie companies didn't know to make a great movie from a Comic Book or Superhero film just yet.

Uh, just one year before, Spider-Man was the highest grossing film. Same for Batman in 1989. The main problem with League was that there was just way too much old man Connery and way too little establishment of the other characters and the world they inhabit.

As for a remake, I'm not sold on the idea. Moore's work is notoriously difficult to film (see Snyder's mostly failed attempt at doing so with Watchmen) and I think the concept may be too high brow as a whole.

 

[The Great Cochrane]

Let's shit on Sean Connery's legacy.

That's pretty much what they're saying.

 

[Fuji Vice]

FOX attempting to reboot "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

That's pretty much what they're saying.

Tbh Connery shat on his own legacy by starring in the original. These guys are just shitting on his shit.


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[The Great Cochrane]

The only way I'll watch the reboot is if Conor McGregor has a role in it. C'mon wrestling fans, watch that guys interviews and tell me he's not acting material.

 

[Sabretooth]

Why would they want to reboot it? Putting Sean Connery into retirement is a huge accomplishment. No need to ruin the legacy :

 

[Fuji Vice]

Why would they want to reboot it? Putting Sean Connery into retirement is a huge accomplishment. No need to ruin the legacy :

Personally, I'm happy it worked out this way. Thanks to being Bond, Connery has become one of the most overrated actors ever. Don't believe me? Just go through his filmography and find me one non-Bond performance that was worthy of what a "great" actor should have to their name? Special credit will be given to anyone who can possibly justify why his paint-by-numbers role of Malone in The Untouchables, which won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, is worthy of that honour?

Hell, he doesn't even give the best performance of the year as a character named Malone. :

 

[JakeYourBooty]

Reynolds reference?

 

[JakeYourBooty]

 

[Fuji Vice]

Damn straight.

 

[Citan]

Re: FOX attempting to reboot "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

Tbh Connery shat on his own legacy by starring in the original. These guys are just shitting on his shit.


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True.

The original film forced Connery into retirement.

 

[Fuji Vice]

I don't know if I'd say it "forced" him into retirement, at the end of the day if he wanted to be in a movie he'd be in a movie. He's probably just content being retired and he certainly doesn't need money, so I can't see him having any motivation to act again.