20th Century Fox will to relaunch the adaptation of the graphic novel Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , in which the Victorians as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde unite against a common enemy
[Interested: the persecution of Batman the Joker is filtered while filming suicide squad].
In 2003 already produced a film version starring Sean Connery in the role of Allan Quatermain, who only got $ 180 million in worldwide box and was received with negative reviews .
Stephen Norrington directed the translation of the events of the first comic book idea of continuing to franchise mode, but the poor reception startup caused the stoppage of the series , which thus became the latest foray into the action of the Scottish actor.
In 2013 it tried to turn the comic television series and Fox promised to issue a pilot episode written by Michael Green p> (writer of Green Lantern ), but the project got the green light. With influence of steampunk -subgénero science fiction set in the time of the industrial revolution and the steam-era, the two limited series six numbers each, tell adventures a group of literary characters who are recruited as secret agents for the British Empire .
Volume I of the League, published in 1999, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best illustrated novel in 2000. Volume II won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2003 and appeared on Time magazine’s list of the best comics of 2003. The Black Dossier was listed as the second best comic . of 2007 by Time Magazine
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As we see, the literary material starting is abundant, so relaunching could mean that this time Fox itself is achieved starting a franchise. The superhero movies and comic book adaptations have evolved so much in the last decade that many failed attempts are being re-raise to be treated with new visions and best intentions. We’ll see if The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of them
Photo: © 20th Century Fox
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